Asteraceae Olearia Wildflowers

Azure Daisy Bush

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:42:00 GMT

Aromatic shrub or perennial forb to 1.5m tall. Leaves alternating up the stem, often with basal lobes, more or less stem clasping, 1.5-12cm long, 6-40mm wide, flat, hairy to rough, often sticky, the edges toothed or entire. Flowers with 30-75 blue or mauve to purplish, rarely white, ‘petals’, and yellow to orange centres. Flower heads broadly heimspherical, borne singly or in open groups of 2-8 at the ends of the branchlets.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Olearia Species: rudis Main Flower Colour: Purple

Daisybush

Member - John and Val — Fri, 28 Mar 2014 06:13:00 GMT

Variable shrub up to 1.5m. Leaves small and rounded.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Olearia Species: ramulosa Main Flower Colour: White

Daisybush

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:43:00 GMT

A dense woody shrub growing to about 1m high. small rectangular shaped leaves covered with hairs giving a greyish appearance. Flowerheads about 2cm across.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Olearia Species: unknown Main Flower Colour: White

Fringed Daisy Bush - Kangaroo Island Endemic

Stephen L (Clare) SA — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:45:00 GMT

Dwarf undershrub to 25cm high, with rough hairy stems and tightly compacted, tiny leaves.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Olearia Species: ciliata Main Flower Colour: Purple

Goldfields Daisy

John Baas — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:46:00 GMT

Goldfields Daisy commonly grows into compact round shrubs about half a metre in height. The small leaves are flat, stiff and slightly viscid (sticky). The flowerheads are over 2 cm diameter, usually a vivid white with a yellow centre, although blue\purple colours are also recorded. Flowers are produced anytime from August to January.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Olearia Species: muelleri Main Flower Colour: White

Large-leaf Daisy-bush

Member - John and Val — Thu, 18 Dec 2014 07:54:00 GMT

A shrub to 2 m high that grows in moist sub-alpine gullies. Leaves alternate or opposite, 20–120 mm long, 6–28 mm wide; margins entire, flat; apex acute or rounded; surfaces discolorous, upper surface glabrous and dark green, lower surface beige-felted; petiole to 30 mm long. Flower heads terminal, in simple corymbs, pedunculate, flowerheads 23–32 mm diam. Ray florets 5–9, white. Disc florets 9–14, yellow.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Olearia Species: megalophylla Main Flower Colour: White

Much-branched Daisybush

Member - John and Val — Wed, 19 Nov 2014 05:46:00 GMT

The Much-branched Daisybush is a low shrub although it can grow to over 1 metre under favourable conditions. The very small leaves are 2 mm in length and are covered in fine woolly hairs that help to reduce moisture loss. Flower colour is variabale.
Family: Asteraceae Genus: Olearia Species: ramosissima Main Flower Colour: White