Plants of South Eastern New South Wales
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Olearia stickyula
Wallaby weed, sticky daisy bush
Asteraceae
Forest and woodland. Coast, ranges, and the eastern edge of the tablelands. Occasionally elsewhere. Doubtfully naturalised in the ACT.
Shrub to 2.5 m high. Stems sticky. Leaves alternating up the stems or opposite each other, scattered, 1.5–10 cm long, 2–11 mm wide, tips pointed, without a mucro; margins entire and flat, upper surface sticky and green, lower surface grey- or white-felted. Flower heads with 8–21 white 'petals' and cream or yellow centres, 8–17 mm in diameter overall. Flower heads stalked, single or in clusters, at the bases of the leaves. Flowering: July–November
PlantNET description: http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Olearia~stickyula (accessed 29 January, 2021)
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