Family: Asteraceae
Olearia stuartii
Citation:
F. Muell. ex Benth., Fl. Aust. 3:481 (1867).
Synonymy: Eurybia stuartii F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 1:202 (1859); Aster stuartii (F. Muell.) F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 5:76 (1865); A. megalodontus F. Muell., Fragm. Phyt. Aust. 8:244 (1874).
Common name: None
Description:
Compact spreading shrub or undershrub 40-90 cm high, glutinous with short glandular hairs, aromatic; stems woody, erect, much-branched, pubescent, without ribs; leaves sessile, oblanceolate, narrowed at the base, truncate or dentate at the apex, 1-2.5 cm long, 2-8 mm Wide, scabrous, green, concolorous, with a distinct mid-vein; margins flat, dentate with 2-5 pairs of lobes.
Capitula terminal on pubescent peduncles, solitary or in corymbs of 2-4; involucre hemispherical, 5-6 mm long; bracts 3-4-seriate, lanceolate, acute, green, glandular; ray florets 20-50; ligules linear, 6-10 mm long, blue to mauve, crowded and appearing 2-seriate; disk florets 30-70, yellow.
Achenes flattened, c. 2 mm long, smooth except for a marginal ridge, pubescent; pappus bristles 20-30, 4-5 mm long, subequal.
Distribution:
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In woodland and among rocks of hills.
S.Aust.: NW, LE, GT. W.Aust.; N.T.
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Conservation status:
native
Flowering time: June — Sept.
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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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