Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Olearia lasiophylla

Stem with spent flowers (L) and leafy stem (R). Photographer Jackie Miles, Kosciuszko National Park

Leafy stems. Photographer Jackie Miles, Kosciuszko National Park

Common name

A Daisy-bush

Family

Asteraceae

Where found

Forest. Kosciuszko National Park.

Notes

Shrub to 1 m high. Leaves alternating up the stems, scattered, 0.7–5.5 cm long, 4–16 mm wide, tips pointed or blunt, without a mucro; margins entire or wavy and toothed or toothed, flat, upper surface loosely stellate-hairy (needs a hand lens or a macro app on your phone/tablet to see) and dark green, lower surface densely stellate-hairy and pale green. Flower heads 22–27 mm in diameter overall, with 14–15 white 'petals', and yellow centres. Flower heads single or clustered, at the tops of the stems. Flowering: November–February

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Olearia~lasiophylla   (accessed 23 January, 2021)