Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Olearia sp. Rhizomatica

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

Flowering branches. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer A Lyne, Scabby Range west of the ACT

Shrub. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer A Lyne, Scabby Range west of the ACT

Common name

A Daisy-bush

Family

Asteraceae 

Where found

Woodland and alpine herbfields, often on rocky slopes. Kosciuszko National Park, the mountains to the north, ACT and nearby, and the Tinderry Range east of the ACT.

Notes

Shrub to 0.4 m high. Leaves alternating up the stems, crowded, 0.5–1.2 mm long, 1–4 mm wide, the same colour on both surfaces, veins indistinct apart from the midvein, upper surface sticky, margins flat, tips squared off and with 3 lobes, bases wedge-shaped. Flower heads with 30–33 blue.'petals', and yellow centres. Flower heads 12–28 mm in diameter overall, single at the tops of the stems. Flowering: December–March

Was Olearia rhizomatica.

Full name Olearia sp. Rhizomatica (I.R.Telford 11549) Australian National Herbarium

All native plants on unleased land in the ACT are protected.

Description partly based on the characters mentioned in the key to Olearia in PlantNET, and partly on the old description of Olearia rhizomatica in PlantNET of Olearia rhizomatica. Currently no PlantNET description (20 April 2021)