Brachyscome aculeata, commonly known as hill daisy,[2] is a tufted perennial herb in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Australia.

[2][3][4] The species was originally named Bellis aculeata in 1806 by Jacques Labillardière and the description published in Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen.

[5][6] In 1832 Christian Friedrich Lessing changed the name to Brachyscome aculeata and the description was published in Synopsis Generum Compositarum.

[9] In New South Wales hill daisy is found growing in dry locations in the southern tablelands from Wingello to Kosciuszko National Park.

In Victoria mainly found in the east of the state growing in wet locations, in the Grampians region, also at higher altitudes but rarely into open herb fields.