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Large-leaf Daisy-bush

Family: Asteraceae

Genus: Olearia

Species: megalophylla

Main Flower Colour: White

Description

A shrub to 2 m high that grows in moist sub-alpine gullies. Leaves alternate or opposite, 20–120 mm long, 6–28 mm wide; margins entire, flat; apex acute or rounded; surfaces discolorous, upper surface glabrous and dark green, lower surface beige-felted; petiole to 30 mm long.

Flower heads terminal, in simple corymbs, pedunculate, flowerheads 23–32 mm diam. Ray florets 5–9, white. Disc florets 9–14, yellow.

Flowering start in October and ends in December.

Identification

The main flower colour is white.

References

http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Olearia~megalophyllaCreated: 18 Dec 2014 - Member - John and Val

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Location

Bio Regions

South Eastern Highlands (SEH)

Region Specifics

Brindabella Ranges, ACT/NSW.

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