Olearia suffruticosa

Last updated

Olearia suffruticosa
Olearia suffruticosa.jpg
In the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Olearia
Species:
O. suffruticosa
Binomial name
Olearia suffruticosa

Olearia suffruticosa, commonly known as clustered daisy-bush, [2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a shrub or undershrub with scattered, linear, grass-like leaves and pink to white and yellow and pink, daisy-like inflorescences.

Contents

Description

Olearia suffruticosa is a sticky shrub or undershrub that typically grows to a height of 40–70 cm (16–28 in) and has a woody base and slender, short-lived glabrous stems wth few branches. The leaves are arranged alternately, sessile, linear and grass-like, 3–24 mm (0.12–0.94 in) long and 0.5–0.9 mm (0.020–0.035 in) wide and more or less glabrous. The heads or daisy-like "flowers" are arranged in leafy panicles on the ends of branches, on a peduncle up to 50 mm (2.0 in) long, each head with a bell-shaped involucre at the base. Each head has 12 to 20 white to pink ray florets, the ligule 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in) long, surrounding 16 to 22 yellow and pink disc florets. Flowering occurs from January to May and the fruit is an achene about 1 mm (0.039 in) long, the pappus about 2 mm (0.079 in) long. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

Taxonomy

Olearia suffruticosa was first formally described in 1985 by David Alan Cooke in the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens from specimens collected near the Bool Lagoon in 1963. [5] [7] The specific epithet (suffruticosa) means "somewhat woody". [8]

Distribution and habitat

Clustered daisy-bush grows in heathland in swampy areas in the far south-east of South Australia, the south-west of Victoria near Glenisla, Casterton and Dergholm, and between Capertee and Wallerawang in New South Wales. [2] [3] [4] [9]

Conservation status

This olearia is listed as "endangered" under the Victoria Government Flora and Fauna Guarantee Act 1988 [3] and as "vulnerable" in the Department of Sustainability and Environment's Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria. [9] [10]

Related Research Articles

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

Olearia algida, the alpine daisy-bush is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with small, crowded, elliptic to narrow egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and heads of white and cream-coloured, daisy-like flowers.

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

Olearia megalophylla, commonly known as large-leaf daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a spreading shrub with egg-shaped to elliptic leaves and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

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

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.

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

Olearia floribunda, commonly known as heath daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an upright, spreading shrub with egg-shaped leaves and white and yellow or mauve, daisy-like inflorescences.

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

Olearia astroloba, commonly known as marble daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to a restricted area of Victoria in Australia. It is a greyish shrub with sessile, spatula-shaped leaves and mauve or violet and purple, daisy-like inflorescences.

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

Olearia glutinosa, commonly known as sticky daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect, bushy, glabrous shrub with linear leaves and mauve, pink or white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

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

Olearia myrsinoides, commonly known as silky daisy-bush or blush daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a spreading shrub with hairy branchlets, egg-shaped to elliptic leaves with toothed edges, and white and yellow or mauve, 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 pannosa</i> Species of plant

Olearia pannosa, commonly known as silver-leaved daisy or velvet daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a spreading undershrub or shrub with egg-shaped or heart-shaped leaves, and white and yellow daisy flowers.

Olearia arckaringensis, commonly known as Arckaringensis daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to a restricted area of northern South Australia. It is a small, compact, rounded shrub with woolly-hairy foliage, coarsely-toothed, elliptic leaves and lavender or white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

Olearia curticoma is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Victoria. It is an erect shrub with glabrous, sticky branchlets, linear leaves and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

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

Olearia frostii, commonly known as Bogong daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Victoria in Australia. It is a low, often straggling shrub with egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and mauve to pink and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

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

Olearia glandulosa, commonly known as swamp daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a slender, erect, glabrous shrub with sticky, narrowly linear leaves and white or pale blue and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

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

Olearia heterocarpa, commonly known as Nightcap daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with narrowly elliptic or lance-shaped leaves with toothed edges, and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

Olearia incana is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is a shrub with narrowly elliptic or wedge-shaped leaves and white and pale yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

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

Olearia passerinoides, commonly known as slender daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is a slender, sticky shrub with linear leaves, and white or pale mauve and mauve or pink daisy flowers.

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

Olearia rudis, commonly known as azure daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a usually short-lived shrub with crowded elliptic or egg-shaped leaves, and pale blue, mauve or purple and orange, daisy-like inflorescences.

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

Olearia speciosa is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Victoria in Australia. It is a straggly, open shrub with egg-shaped to elliptic leaves, and white and yellow or brownish, daisy-like inflorescences.

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

Olearia subspicata, commonly known as spiked daisy bush or shrubby daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to continental Australia. It is an erect shrub with more or less linear leaves and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

References

  1. ↑ "Olearia suffruticosa". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  2. 1 2 3 Lander, Nicholas S. "Olearia suffruticosa". Royal Botanic Garden Sydney. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  3. 1 2 3 Lander, Nicholas S.; Ohlsen, Daniel. "Olearia suffruticosa". Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  4. 1 2 "Olearia suffruticosa". State Herbarium of South Australia. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  5. 1 2 Cooke, David A. (1985). "Studies in the Tribes Astereae and Inuleae (Compositae)". Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens. 7 (3): 279–280. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  6. ↑ Wild Plants of Victoria (database). Viridans Biological Databases & Department of Sustainability and Environment. 2009.
  7. ↑ "Olearia suffruticosa". APNI. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  8. ↑ Sharr, Francis Aubi; George, Alex (2019). Western Australian Plant Names and Their Meanings (3rd ed.). Kardinya, WA: Four Gables Press. p. 317. ISBN   9780958034180.
  9. 1 2 Corrick, M.G. & Fuhrer, B.A. (2001). Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas. Australia: Bloomings Books. ISBN   1876473142.
  10. ↑ "Advisory List of Rare Or Threatened Plants In Victoria - 2014" (PDF). Department of Sustainability and Environment (Victoria). p. 33. Retrieved 16 August 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.