Olearia hookeri

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Olearia hookeri
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Olearia
Species:
O. hookeri
Binomial name
Olearia hookeri
Synonyms [1]
  • Eurybia hookeriSond.
  • Olearia hookeri(Sond.) Benth. var. hookeri

Olearia hookeri, commonly known as crimsontip daisybush, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a sticky shrub with small, narrowly linear leaves and white to bluish-purple and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

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Description

Olearia hookeri is a sticky, glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in). Its leaves are narrowly linear, 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long. The heads or daisy-like "flowers" are arranged singly on the ends of branchlets and are 20–25 mm (0.79–0.98 in) in diameter. Each head has eight to ten white to bluish-purple ray florets surrounding a slightly larger number of yellow disc florets. Flowering occurs from September to December and the fruit is a short, hairy achene, the pappus with bristles of different lengths. [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy

The species was formally described in 1853 by Otto Wilhelm Sonder who gave it the name Eurybia hookeri in Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde, based on plant material collected by Charles Stuart. [5] [6] In 1867, George Bentham changed the name to Olearia hookeri in Flora Australiensis . [4] [7]

Distribution and habitat

Olearia hookeri grows on dry hills near Hobart and in shrubby woodland on the south and central-east coasts of Tasmania. [2]

Conservation status

This daisy bush is listed as "rare" under the Tasmanian Government Threatened Species Protection Act 1995 . [2]

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References

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