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

Brachyscome microcarpa is a spreading or slightly upright perennial up to 58 cm (23 in) high with glandular-softly hairy to sometimes smooth stems.

Higher leaves are narrowly egg-shaped to wedge shaped or circular, scalloped to pinnate with linear lobes up to 8 mm (0.31 in) long, occasionally palmate and with a petiole.

The flowers are borne singly, 3.5–8 mm (0.14–0.31 in) in diameter, peduncle glabrous up to 18 cm (7.1 in) long, bracts narrowly egg-shaped, rounded with jagged margins and the petals are usually white or bluish mauve.

Flowering occurs from October to November and the fruit is an achene, egg-shaped to wedge-shaped, flattened, brown to black, warty, hairy and 1–1.8 mm (0.039–0.071 in) long.