Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
Olearia elliptica subsp. elliptica
Common name
Sticky daisy-bush, Hoary daisy-bush
Family
Asteraceae
Where found
Forest, woodland, heath, and moist sites. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands, north from Jervis Bay.
Notes
Shrub to 2 m high. Stems hairless, young growth sticky. Leaves alternating up the stems, scattered, 2–11.5 cm long, 5–40 mm wide, upper surface sticky and green, lower surface hairless and pale green, venation obvious, tips pointed or blunt or rounded, without a mucro; margins entire and weakly rolled down. Flower heads 11–26 mm in diameter overall, with 7–23 white 'petals', and cream to yellow centres. Flower heads in loose branched clusters. Flowering: November–May.
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Olearia~elliptica (accessed 28 January, 2021)
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