Trichocline spathulata

Trichocline spathulata, common name native gerbera, is a plant in the family Asteraceae,^[2] found in the south-west of Western Australia.^[3][1]

Trichocline spathulata
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Trichocline
Species:	T. spathulata
Binomial name
Trichocline spathulata (A.Cunn ex DC.) J.H.Willis
Synonyms[1]
Amblysperma minor Keighery Amblysperma scapigera Benth. Amblysperma spathulata (A.Cunn. ex DC.) D.J.N.Hind Celmisia spathulata A.Cunn. ex DC. Trichocline scapigera F.Muell.

It was first described in 1836 by Allan Cunningham as Celmisia spathulata,^[4][5] but was transferred to the genus Trichocline in 1967 by James Hamlyn Willis.^[4][6]

The species epithet, spathulata, is a Latin adjective describing some part of the plant as being spoon-shaped.^[7]