Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Olearia montana

Flowering branches. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Flowering branches. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT

Shrub. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer S Donaldson, Tinderry Range east of the ACT 

Common name

A Daisy-bush

Family

Asteraceae

Where found

Dry forest and woodland. In and near the Tinderry Range east of the ACT.

Notes

Shrub to 2 m high. Leaves alternating up the stems, scattered, 1.3–4.3 cm long, 7–18 mm wide, tips blunt, without a mucro; margins toothed, flat, upper surface almost hairless, lower surface beige-felted. Flower heads 18–27 mm in diameter overall. 'Petals' 17–28, mauve to white, and purple or beige to yellow centres. Flower heads in clusters at the tops of the stems. Flowering: September–October

PlantNET description:  http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Olearia~montana  (accessed! 29 January, 2021)