Actinotus bellidioides
| Actinotus bellidioides | |
|---|---|
| Actinotus bellidioides in south west Tasmania | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Apiales |
| Family: | Apiaceae |
| Genus: | Actinotus |
| Species: | A. bellidioides |
| Binomial name | |
| Actinotus bellidioides | |
Actinotus bellidioides, sometimes known as the tiny flannel-flower, is a rosette-forming herb endemic to Tasmania, Australia. Its name derives from the genus Bellis (family Asteraceae) combined with the Greek -oides (“resembling”), referencing the leaf similarity to Bellis. Although recorded in Western Australia in 1891 and Victoria in 1944, A. bellidioides is now presumed extinct on mainland Australia and persists only in Tasmania.