Microseris scapigera
Microseris scapigera, sometimes called the daisy yam, is a yellow flowered daisy, perennial, herb, found in New Zealand and Australia. It's in a group of plant species, Cichorieae having milky sap, which includes Chicory and Dandelion.
Now rare and vulnerable due to loss of habitat.Uses
Aboriginal populations in southeastern Australia relied on tubers of the daisy yam as a staple, and actively cultivated it. It is known as ngampa in the Thura-Yura languages.
