


Dischisma capitatum
Common name: Woolly-headed Dischisma
Dischisma is from the Greek words dis, meaning double, and schisma, meaning anything which is parted, a cleft or division. Capitatum is from the Latin word capitatus, meaning headed (botanically meaning forming a head).
Occurs from Kalbarri to Bunbury. Also recorded from South Australia.
A prostrate plant to 20 centimetres tall and 60 centimetres in diameter. The flowers are produced from August to September.
This plant is originally from South Africa.
Western Australian Plant Names and their Meanings, a Glossary. FA Sharr. 1996.
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Flora of the Perth Region. NG Marchant, JR Wheeler, BL Rye, EM Bennett, NS Lander, TD Macfarlane. 1987.
Perth Plants, a field guide to the bushland and coastal flora of Kings Park and Bold Park, Perth, Western Australia. Russell Barrett and Eng Pin Tay. 2005.
Atlas of Living Australia https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2910721
Florabase https://florabase.dbca.wa.gov.au/browse/profile/7055