| Olearia adenolasia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Olearia |
| Species: | O. adenolasia |
| Binomial name | |
| Olearia adenolasia | |
| Synonyms [1] | |
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Olearia adenolasia, commonly known as woolly-glandular daisy-bush, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a small upright shrub with sticky leaves and blue-purple or white daisy flowers.
Olearia adenolasia is a fragrant, sticky, erect shrub to 50 cm (20 in) high with woody stems. Branches are glandular and have soft short silky hairs. The leaves are sessile, thickly arranged, narrow widening toward the tip, linear or broader at the base about 7–14 mm (0.28–0.55 in) long and 1–1.5 mm (0.039–0.059 in) wide. The dark green upper surface of leaves has a silky texture with numerous short thickly matted glandular hairs. The leaf underside has non-glandular soft cream hairs, an obscure mid-vein and rolled edges. The single floret consists of 9-15 small flowers at the apex of a branch on a short stalk. The bracts prior to the flower opening are bell-shaped and 7–9 mm (0.28–0.35 in) long. The white to blue-purple petals are narrow, widening at the tip and about 8 mm (0.31 in) long ending in a sharp point. The individual flowers have a yellow centre. The dry fruit are elliptical about 3 mm (0.12 in) long with 4-5 longitudinal ridges and contains a single seed. Flowers from August to November. [2] [3]
This daisy bush was first formally described in 1865 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Aster adenolasius in Fragmenta phytographiae Australiae . [4] In 1867 George Bentham formalised the name Olearia adenolasia and the description was published in Flora Australiensis . [5] [6] The specific epithet (adenolasia) is derived from the Ancient Greek words aden meaning "gland" [7] : 69 and lasios meaning "hairy", "woolly" or "shaggy". [7] : 391
Woolly-glandular daisy-bush grows in Western Australia near Coolgardie, Esperance plains, Kondinin and Ravensthorpe in sandy loam, sand over laterite and on sand hills. [2] [3]
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Olearia megalophylla, the large-leaf daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a shrub up to 2 metres high with scattered leaves. These are dark green above, woolly underneath, and are 20 to 120 mm long and 6 to 28 mm wide. The flower heads have 5 to 9 white ray florets and 9 to 14 yellow disc florets. The species was first formally described by Ferdinand von Mueller in Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania in 1859 and named Eurybia megalophylla. In 1865, he placed the species in the genus Aster and finally in Olearia in 1867. It occurs in moist sclerophyll forest in south-eastern New South Wales and Victoria.
Olearia erubescens, commonly known as moth daisy-bush or pink-tip daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a shrub with stiff, prickly leaves and white "daisy" flowers, growing up to 2 metres high.
Olearia floribunda, commonly known as heath daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.
Olearia asterotricha, commonly known as rough daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. A tall shrub with white, mauve or blue daisy like flowers growing from the Blue Mountains in New South Wales to western Victoria, Australia.
Olearia myrsinoides, commonly known as silky daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a shrub to 1.5 metres high with toothed leaves. These are dark green above and tomentose underneath. The flower heads have 2 to 4 white ray florets and 3 to 4 pale yellow or violet disc florets. These appear between November and March in the species' native range. The species was formally described in 1806 in Novae Hollandiae Plantarum Specimen by French naturalist Jacques Labillardière who named it Aster myrsinoides. In 1867 it was transferred to the genus Olearia in Flora Australiensis.
Eremophila subfloccosa, also known as dense-felted eremophila is a plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is a shrub which often has foliage covered with soft hairs, giving the plant a silvery grey hue and making it soft to touch. The leaves are strongly scented when crushed. Its flowers are usually greenish yellow in colour and have the stamens protruding from the ends. Dense-felted eremophila is common after fire, but becomes less so as others recover and compete with it.
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Eremophila foliosissima, commonly known as poverty bush, is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a small, erect, densely foliaged shrub with long, narrow, hairy leaves and mauve to purple flowers. It is similar to Eremophila gilesii but is more dense and rounded, has more crowded leaves and has different hairs on the flowers.
Eremophila gilesii, commonly known Charleville turkey bush, green turkey bush, desert fuchsia and Giles emu bush is a flowering plant in the figwort family, Scrophulariaceae and is endemic to Australia. It is usually a low, spreading shrub with pinkish-lilac to purple flowers and is widespread in the Northern Territory and all mainland states except Victoria. It is considered a difficult agricultural weed in some parts of Queensland but is often used as a bush medicine by Aboriginal people.
Olearia aglossa, is a shrub in the family Asteraceae and is found in mountainous terrain in New South Wales and Victoria in Australia. It is a small shrub with spreading upright branches and white daisy-like flowers.
Olearia alpicola, commonly known as alpine daisy bush, is a shrub in the family Asteraceae and is found in mountainous terrain in New South Wales and Victoria in Australia. A small shrub with spreading branches and white daisy-like inflorescences.
Olearia brevipedunculata, commonly known as the dusty daisy-bush, is a small shrub with whitish-grey foliage and white daisy-like flowers in summer. Mostly found in Victoria and scattered locations in New South Wales, Australia.
Olearia arida is upright shrub with spreading branches and clusters of white flowers.
Olearia magniflora, commonly known as the splendid daisy-bush, is a small shrub with clusters of deep mauve to purple flowers.
Olearia ciliata, commonly known as the fringed daisy bush, is a small shrub with large clusters of bright purple-blue flowers on a single stem.
Olearia minor, is a small flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It has alternate leaves and white to pale mauve daisy-like flowers from winter to December. It grows in Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria.
Olearia rugosa, commonly known as wrinkled daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It has alternate, wrinkled leaves and white daisy-like flowers and is endemic to Victoria.