Olearia axillaris

Last updated

Coastal daisy-bush
Olearia axillaris flowers.jpg
Olearia axillaris flowers near Broulee
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Olearia
Species:
O. axillaris
Binomial name
Olearia axillaris
Synonyms [1]
List
    • Aster axillaris(DC.) F.Muell.
    • Eurybia axillarisDC.
    • Eurybia axillarisDC. var. axillaris
    • Eurybia axillaris var. exaltata Steetz
    • Eurybia candidissimaSteetz
    • Eurybia capitellataDC.
    • Eurybia linearifoliaDC.
    • Eurybia oliganthaDC.
    • Olearia axillarisF.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn.
    • Olearia axillaris(DC.) F.Muell. ex Benth. var. axillaris
    • Olearia axillaris var. linearisBenth.
    • Olearia axillaris var. normalisBenth. nom. inval.
    • Olearia axillaris var. obovataBenth.
    • Shawia axillaris(DC.) Sch.Bip.
    • Shawia axillaris(DC.) Sch.Bip. var. axillaris
    • Shawia axillaris var. exaltatum(Steetz) Sch.Bip.
    • Shawia candidissima(Steetz) Sch.Bip.
    • Shawia capitellata(DC.) Sch.Bip.
    • Shawia linearifolia(DC.) Sch.Bip.
    • Shawia oligantha(DC.) Sch.Bip.
Developing seeds Olearia axillaris.jpg
Developing seeds

Olearia axillaris, commonly known as coastal daisy-bush, [2] coast daisy-bush [3] or coastal daisybush [4] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to coastal areas of Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub with densely cottony-hairy branchlets, aromatic, linear to narrowly elliptic or narrowly lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and small white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

Contents

Description

Olearia axillaris is an erect, bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.5–3 m (1 ft 8 in – 9 ft 10 in) and has many branchlets, densely covered with white, cottony hairs. The leaves are arranged alternately along the branchlets and are aromatic, linear to narrowly elliptic or narrowly lance-shaped to egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 4–40 mm (0.16–1.57 in) long, 1–6 mm (0.039–0.236 in) wide and more or less sessile. The edges of the leaves are rolled under, the surfaces covered with woolly grey hairs, densely so on the lower surface. The heads or daisy-like "flowers" are arranged singly in leaf axils or on the ends of short side branchlets and are 5–10 mm (0.20–0.39 in) in diameter and more or less sessile, with five or six rows of bracts forming an involucre 3.5–5 mm (0.14–0.20 in) long at the base. Each head has three to six ray florets, the white petal-like ligules up to 4 mm (0.16 in) long, surrounding four to seven yellow disc florets. Flowering mostly occurs between December and May and the fruit is an achene 1.5–3 mm (0.059–0.118 in) long, the pappus bristles straw-coloured and about 5 mm (0.20 in) long. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Taxonomy

Coastal daisy-bush was first formally described in 1836 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle who gave it the name Eurybia axillaris in Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis . [7] [8] In 1865, Ferdinand von Mueller changed the name to Aster axillaris in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae [9] [10] and in 1867 George Bentham changed that name to Olearia axillaris in Flora Australiensis . [11] [12] The specific epithet (axillaris) means "axillary", referring to the flowers. [13]

Distribution and habitat

Olearia axillaris grows in heath and scrub, mainly in near-coastal areas of New South Wales south from Sussex Inlet, the entire coase of Victoria and most of South Australia, south from Shark Bay in Western Australia and in north-eastern Tasmania. [2] [3] [4] [5] [14]

Related Research Articles

<i>Olearia teretifolia</i> Species of plant

Olearia teretifolia, commonly known as cypress daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a slender, erect to spreading shrub with more or less sessile, linear leaves pressed against the stem, and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

<i>Olearia pimeleoides</i> Species of plant

Olearia pimeleoides, commonly known as pimelea daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is an erect shrub with elliptic, linear or lance-shaped leaves, and white and pale yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

<i>Olearia ramulosa</i> Species of flowering plant

Olearia ramulosa, commonly known as twiggy daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with narrowly elliptic, linear or narrowly egg-shaped leaves, and pale blue, mauve or white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

<i>Olearia stuartii</i> Species of plant

Olearia stuartii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic arid parts of inland Australia. It is compact, spreading shrub or undershrub with lance-shaped leaves and blue to mauve and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

<i>Olearia homolepis</i> Species of flowering plant

Olearia homolepis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a shrub with linear leaves and white or blue and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

<i>Olearia decurrens</i> Species of shrub

Olearia decurrens, commonly known as the clammy daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to arid, inland Australia. It is a glabrous, sticky, twiggy shrub with narrow egg-shaped to linear leaves sometimes with toothed edges, and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

<i>Olearia iodochroa</i> Species of shrub

Olearia iodochroa, commonly known as the violet daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a shrub with branchlets densely covered with whitish hairs, narrowly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and white or mauve, and cream-coloured, yellow or blue, daisy-like inflorescences.

<i>Olearia oppositifolia</i> Species of shrub

Olearia oppositifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with egg-shaped to elliptic leaves arranged in opposite pairs, and white and yellow daisy flowers.

<i>Olearia exiguifolia</i> Species of Asteraceae

Olearia exiguifolia commonly known as small-leaved daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-western Australia. It is an erect or straggly shrub with broadly egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

Olearia chrysophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with scattered elliptic leaves, and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

<i>Olearia cydoniifolia</i> Species of shrub

Olearia cydoniifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with scattered elliptic leaves, and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

Olearia elaeophila is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small shrub with scattered linear leaves, and white or blue and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

<i>Olearia ferresii</i> Species of Asteraceae

Olearia ferresii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to central Australia. It is an erect, aromatic shrub with elliptic to lance-shaped leaves and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

Olearia gravis is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with elliptic or egg-shaped leaves and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

Olearia hygrophila, commonly known as swamp daisy or water daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to a restricted part of North Stradbroke Island in south-eastern Queensland. It is a shrub with slender stems, linear leaves and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

<i>Olearia nernstii</i> Species of shrub

Olearia nernstii is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with scattered egg-shaped to elliptic leaves with toothed or prickly edges, and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

Olearia persoonioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.0–1.5 m. Its leaves are arranged alternately, oblong or egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, and 19–38 mm (0.75–1.50 in) long. They are shiny green on the upper surface and covered with silvery hairs on the lower side. The heads or daisy-like "flowers" are arranged in leafy panicles with 3 to 8 white ray florets surrounding 10 to 12 disc florets. Flowering occurs in January.

<i>Olearia ramosissima</i> Species of plant

Olearia ramosissima, commonly known as much-branched daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to continental Australia. It is a straggly shrub with densely-crowded, elliptic, egg-shaped or triangular leaves, and blue to violet and blue or yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

<i>Olearia rosmarinifolia</i> Species of plant

Olearia rosmarinifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with scattered linear leaves, and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

<i>Olearia xerophila</i> Species of plant

Olearia xerophila is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic northern Australia. It is an erect subshrub with elliptic to broadly elliptic leaves and violet, blue or mauve and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

References

  1. 1 2 "Olearia axillaris". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Lander, Nicholas S. "Olearia axillaris". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Walsh, Neville G. "Olearia axillaris". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 "Olearia axillaris". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  5. 1 2 "Olearia axillaris". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  6. ↑ Rippey, Elizabeth; Rowland, Barbara (2004) [1995]. Coastal plants: Perth and the south-west region (2nd ed.). Perth: UWA Press. pp. 172–3. ISBN   1-920694-05-6.
  7. ↑ "Eurybia axillaris". APNI. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  8. ↑ de Candolle, Augustin P.; de Candolle, Alphonse (1836). Prodromus systematis naturalis regni vegetabilis. Vol. 5. Paris. p. 266. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  9. ↑ "Aster axillaris". APNI. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  10. ↑ von Mueller, Ferdinand (1865). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 5. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. pp. 64–65. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  11. ↑ "Olearia axillaris". APNI. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  12. ↑ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1867). Flora Australiensis. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 475. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  13. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 141. ISBN   9780958034180.
  14. ↑ Jordan, Greg. "Olearia axillaris". University of Tasmania. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.