NATURE-LOVING residents are urged to keep an eye out for a rare flower when indulging their fondness for the outdoors during the summer months.
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For more than 100 years the Shiny daisy-bush was believed to be extinct until it was re-discovered in the Inglewood State Forest in 2010.
Now, the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning is hoping the community can help it locate new populations of the plant, which can grow to 2.5 metres.
“It’s coming into flowering season soon, so it’s a good time for people to keep an eye out for this threatened plant,” DELWP biodiversity officer Karly Learmouth said.
“January is the best time to see them so if you are going for a bike ride, camping or a walk with the family through the bush, have a look around and see if you can find some of these little beauties.
“Over the past two years we have grown plants from cuttings and replanted them into the wild to try mix up the genetics between populations to increase their chance of survival.”
