Sprawling weave of daisy-like prickly starwort | Nature Notes

By Roger Thomas
November 28 2019 - 3:00pm
DELICATE BEAUTY: Prickly starwort is a well-behaved native and grows here with the blue flowers of slender speedwell. Picture: SUPPLIED
DELICATE BEAUTY: Prickly starwort is a well-behaved native and grows here with the blue flowers of slender speedwell. Picture: SUPPLIED

Although it looks like a daisy, the wildflower known as prickly starwort is classified in the chickweed family. Unlike daisies, its number of petals is constant, whereas daisy heads frequently have different numbers of petals. Most plants in the chickweed family have five petals.

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