Citation: Benth., Fl. Aust. 3:479 (1867).

Synonymy: Eurybia pimeleoides DC., Prod. 5:268 (1836). , Olearia pimeleoides

Common name: Showy daisy-bush, burrbunga.

Description:
Shrub c. 1 m high; stems woody, erect, branched, appressed-tomentose, without ribs; leaves sessile, obovate to oblanceolate, narrowed at the base, obtuse, 4-18 mm long, 2-4 mm wide, glabrous to tomentose above, densely tomentose below with a distinct mid-vein; margins entire, revolute.

Capitula solitary (rarely 2 or 3 together), terminal, sessile or almost so; involucre campanulate, 6-8 mm long; bracts 4-5-seriate, lanceolate, acute, tomentose near the apex; ray florets 8-20; ligules oblong to oblanceolate, 7-12 mm long, white; disk florets 8-25, yellow.

Achenes slightly flattened, 1.5-3 mm long, striate, sericeous to pubescent; pappus bristles 40-60, 5-7 mm long, subequal or with a few shorter ones in an outer series.

Published illustration: Costermans (1981) Native trees and shrubs of southeastern Australia, p. 283.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: GT, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU. Conservation status: native Flowering time: No flowering time is available

SA Distribution Map based on current data relating to specimens held in the State Herbarium of South Australia

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