Plants of South Eastern New South Wales

Olearia tenuifolia

Flowering stems. Photographer Don Wood, Yadboro State Forest, west of Ulladulla

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

Shrub. Australian Plant Image Index, photographer Murray Fagg, near West Wyalong

Common name

Thin-leaf daisy-bush, Narrow-leaved daisy-bush, Sticky daisy-bush

Family

Asteraceae 

Where found

Dry forest, woodland, and grassy areas, often in rocky areas. Widespread north of Bermagui to Albury.

Notes

Shrub to 2 m high. Branchlets sticky hairy. Leaves alternating up the stems, scattered, 0.5–3.5 cm long, 1–2.5 mm wide, tips pointed, without a mucro, margins entire or toothed, both surfaces sticky, venation indistinct. Flower heads with 7–18 white to blue or mauve to purple 'petals', and yellow centres. Flower heads 25–50 mm in diameter overall, 7-10 mm long, cup-shaped below the 'petals', single or in loose clusters. Flowering: throughout the year.

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

Rare Vic.

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