Olearia rugosa


Common Name:

Wrinkled Daisy-bush

Family:

Asteraceae

Distribution (from Flora of Victoria):

Midlands, Eastern Highlands, Gippsland Highlands, Wilsons Promontory, East Gippsland (NSTWZ) also NSW, Tas
Map - Australasian Virtual Herbarium

Distribution and ecological preference at Wilsons Promontory (if known):

Damp forest 1
Near coastal swampy heathlands 2

Flower Description:

Flower heads white with yellow of purplish centres 2

Habit:

Shrub to 2.5 m high 2

Distinguishing characteristics (within family/genus):


This is a spindly shrub with deeply wrinkled broad leaves and hairy stems. Leaves are green above and brownish below due to dense hair coverage 1,2

Images:

Image: David Meagher

Links to more images:

Atlas of Living Australia MELU

Links to description of this species:

VicFlora

Conservation status:

Not threatened

References:

1 Ellis, M. (unpublished). “A Field Guide to South Gippsland Flora”.
2 Walsh, N. G. and Entwisle, T. J. “Flora of Victoria”, volumes 2 (1994), 3 (1996) and 4 (1999). Inkata Press, Port Melbourne, Victoria