Family: Asteraceae
Olearia muelleri
Citation:
Benth., Fl. Aust. 3:481 (1867).
Synonymy: Eurybia muelleri Sonder, Linnaea 25:459 (1853); Aster muelleri (Sonder)F. Muell., Syst. Census Aust. Pl. 1:78 (1882).
Common name: Muellers daisy-bush.
Description:
Spreading shrub to 1 m high; stems woody, much-branched, glabrous, without ribs; leaves sessile, broadly cuneate or orbicular with a narrowed base, 6-14 mm long, 5-10 mm wide, glabrous, viscid, rigid, green concolorous, obscurely veined; margins entire to crenulate, flat.
Capitula solitary, terminal, almost sessile or on peduncles less than 1 cm long; involucre campanulate, 7-10 mm long; bracts 3-5-seriate, oblong, obtuse to acute, green, viscid, ciliate; ray florets 8-12; ligules linear, 9-15 mm long, white; disk florets 10-15, yellow.
Achenes terete, 2-4 mm long, densely sericeous; pappus bristles 40-50, 5-9 mm long, subequal.
Published illustration:
Cunningham et al. (1982) Plants of western New South Wales, p. 642.
Distribution:
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In mallee and woodland communities on loams and sandy soils.
S.Aust.: NW, NU, GT, FR, EA, EP, NL, MU, YP. W.Aust.; N.S.W.; Vic.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: Aug. — Oct.
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SA Distribution Map based
on current data relating to
specimens held in the
State Herbarium of South Australia
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Biology:
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Author:
Not yet available
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