Olearia ferresii

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Olearia ferresii
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Near Standley Chasm
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Olearia
Species:
O. ferresii
Binomial name
Olearia ferresii
Synonyms [1]
  • Aster ferresii(F.Muell.) F.Muell.
  • Eurybia ferresiiF.Muell.
  • Olearia ferresiiF.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn.
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Foliage and fruit

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.

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Description

Olearia ferresii is an erect, aromatic shrub that typically grows to a height of up to about 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) and has prominently ribbed stems. The leaves are elliptic to lance-shaped, sometimes with the narrower end towards the base, 40–115 mm (1.6–4.5 in) long, 5–30 mm (0.20–1.18 in) wide and sessile. The leaves are covered with glandular hairs and the edges of the leaves sometimes have small teeth. The heads or daisy-like "flowers" have white, rarely pale pink or pale purple ray florets surrounding yellow disc florets. Flowering occurs in most months and the fruit is a hairy achene about 3–4 mm (0.12–0.16 in) long. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy

This daisy bush was first formally described in 1862 by Ferdinand von Mueller who gave it the name Eurybia ferresii in Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae from specimens collected by John McDouall Stuart in the MacDonnell Ranges. [5] [6] In 1867, George Bentham changed the name to Olearia ferresii in Flora Australiensis . [7] [8] The specific epithet (ferresii) honours John Ferres, the Victorian Government Printer at the time. [9]

Distribution and habitat

Olearia ferresii grows on floodplains, on ranges and hills or in creek beds in the south of the Northern Territory, in western Queensland and in the Central Ranges biogeogrphic region of Western Australia. [2] [3] [4]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Olearia ferresii". Northern Territory Government. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  3. 1 2 "Olearia ferresii". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Olearia ferresii". FloraBase . Western Australian Government Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions.
  5. "Eurybia ferresii". APNI. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  6. von Mueller, Ferdinand (1862). Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. Vol. 3. Melbourne: Victorian Government Printer. p. 18. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  7. "Olearia ferresii". APNI. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  8. Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1867). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 3. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 487. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  9. Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 198. ISBN   9780958034180.