Lagenophora
(from lagenos, a flask, and pherein, to bear; referring to the flask-like involucres). SYNS. Ixauchenus and Microcalia. ORD. Compositae. A genus comprising about a dozen species of small, Daisy-like, greenhouse herbaceous plants, inhabiting New Zealand and Australia. They are distinguished from Bellis in the achenes being narrowed into a beak at the top. Flowerheads small, solitary, on slender scapes; ray-florets white or pale blue, numerous, spreading; disk-florets yellow, tubular. Leaves alternate, lanceolate, entire. Lagenophoras thrive best in a light soil. Propagation may be effected by divisions, in spring. The species are seldom seen under cultivation.
L. Billardieri (Billardiere's). fl.-heads, involucre 1/4in. in diameter; ray-florets blue, ligulate, exceeding the involucre; scapes slender, simple, 2in. to nearly 12in. long. Summer. l. from obovate to cuneate-oblong, obtuse, irregularly toothed, or shortly lobed, narrowed into a petiole, usually all under 2in., rarely above 3in., long. Australia.
L. Forsteri (Forster's). fl.-heads yellow and purple, small; scape slender, 2in. to 6in. long. l. 1/2in. to 1in. long, obovate or orbicular-oblong, obtuse, crenate toothed or lobed towards the base. New Zealand, 1837. A small, slender, Daisy-like plant.