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Blue pincushion or native cornflower
Brunonia australis

About
Brunonia australis, commonly known as the blue pincushion or native cornflower, is a perennial or annual herb that grows widely across Australia. It is found in woodlands, open forest and sand plains. In Cronquist's classification scheme it was the sole member of the monogeneric plant family Brunoniaceae. The APG II system moved it into Goodeniaceae, with which it shares the stylar pollen-cup, or indusium, a character confined to these taxa. Brunonia is unique among Goodeniaceae in its radially symmetric flowers, the superior ovary and the absence of endosperm in the seeds.
- Family
- Goodeniaceae
Ecology
How it lives
- Propagated by
- Seed
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- Name
- Brunonia australis
- Slug
- brunonia-australis
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Family
- Goodeniaceae
- Genus
- Brunonia
- Species
- australis
- Wikidata QID
- Q2088792
- Propagule type
- seed
- Container suitable
- No
- Indoor suitable
- No
- OSSI pledged
- No
- Hazard level
- 1
- Data completeness
- 43
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