Also known as the Swamp Daisy, this beautiful plant is not in fact a “true” Daisy.
It is endemic to a small, south coastal part of Western Australia and is a member of a very petite genus…and of a very large family of plants.
Actinodium Cunninghami is, I think, the only “named” member of its genus, although one other species has been identified.
This so-called “Daisy” is one of circa 6,000 members of the Myrtaceae family; fellow Myrtles include Eucalypts and Guava trees.
The Albany Daisy is much more closely related to Australia’s tall Eucalypts (which are “our” planet’s tallest flowering plants) than to any “true” Daisy.
The pictured example was blooming just metres distant from the burnt Hakeas in #2 through #4 of this series, which were also photographed late on the afternoon of 22 September 2020.
(All photos are copyright Doug Spencer)
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