Citation: , Dippel, Handb. Laubholzk. 1:290 (1889).

Synonymy: Eurybia erubescens DC., Prod. 5:267 (1836); O. myrsinoides (Labill.) F. Muell. ex Benth. var. erubescens F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 5:69 (1865).

Common name: Moth daisy-bush.

Description:
Erect diffuse shrub to 2 m high; stems woody, sparsely branched, finely appressed-tomentose, faintly ribbed; leaves very shortly petiolate, ovate, 1.5-4 cm long, 6-15 mm wide, rigid, prominently reticulateveined, dark-green, glabrous and shiny above, white- or rusty-tomentose below; margins flat, dentate, prickly.

Capitula pedunculate in corymbs of 2-9 on short lateral branchlets, crowded and obscuring the subtending leaves; involucres cylindrical, 7-9 mm long; bracts 3-seriate, linear, obtuse to acute, pale, sericeous; ray florets 5-8; ligules almost lanceolate, obtuse, 6-7 mm long, white; disk florets 7-12, yellow.

Achenes terete, c. 2 mm long, prominently ribbed, glabrous; pappus bristles 45-60, c. 5 mm long, subequal.

Distribution:  S.Aust.: SE.   N.S.W.; Vic.; Tas. Conservation status: native Flowering time: Sept. — Nov.

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

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