''Olearia'', most commonly known as daisy-bush, is a genus of

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s belonging to the

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Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

, the largest of the flowering plant families in the world. Olearia are found in Australia,

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and

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. The genus includes herbaceous plants, shrubs and small

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s. The latter are unusual among the Asteraceae and are called tree daisies in New Zealand. All bear the familiar daisy-like

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flowerheads in white, pink, mauve or purple.

Description

Plants in the genus ''Olearia'' are shrubs of varying sizes, characterised by a composite flower head arrangement with single-row ray florets enclosed by small overlapping bracts arranged in rows. The flower petals are more or less equal in length. The centre of the bi-sexual floret is disc shaped and may be white, yellowish or purplish, generally with 5 lobes. Flower heads may be single or clusters in leaf axils or at the apex of branchlets. Leaves may be smooth, glandular or with a sticky secretion. The leaves may grow opposite, alternate, arranged sparsely or clustered. Leaf margins either entire or lobed, with or without a stalk. The fruit are dry slightly compressed, one-seeded, narrow-elliptic or egg-shaped with longitudinal ridges and smooth or with sparse hairs.

Taxonomy and naming

The genus ''Olearia'' was first described in 1802 by

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in ''Supplementum ad Methodum Plantas'' and is named after Johann Gottfried Olearius, a 17th-century German scholar and author of ''Specimen Florae Hallensis''. Originally a large genus, a molecular study has found it to be

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Distribution

There are approximately 180 species of Olearia, of which about 112 species are

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to Australia. ''Olearia'' are found in all states of Australia.

Species

The following is a list of ''Olearia'' species accepted by the

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or the

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or listed in the Census of Vascular Plants of Papua New Guinea as at May 2021: *''

Olearia adenocarpa ''Olearia adenocarpa'' or small-leaved tree daisy is a small divaricating shrub endemic to New Zealand, from the plant family Asteraceae. The bush grows up to in height and 1.2 m wide. It has a smaller and open growth habit in comparison to '' ...

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( N.Z.) *''

Olearia adenolasia ''Olearia adenolasia'', commonly known as woolly-glandular daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a small upright shrub with sticky leaves and blue-purple or white daisy flowers. Description ''Olearia adenola ...

'' (

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) F.Muell. ex Benth. – woolly-glandular daisy-bush (W.A.) *''

Olearia aglossa ''Olearia aglossa'', is a shrub in the family Asteraceae and is found in mountainous terrain in New South Wales and Victoria in Australia. It is a small shrub with spreading upright branches and white daisy-like flowers. Description ''Olearia ...

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) Lander (N.S.W., Vic.) *'' Olearia albida'' (

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) Hook.f. – tanguru (N.Z.) *''

Olearia algida ''Olearia algida'', the alpine daisy-bush is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with small, crowded, elliptic to narrow egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards t ...

'' N.A.Wakef. – alpine daisy-bush (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic. Tas.) *''

Olearia allomii ''Olearia'', most commonly known as daisy-bush, is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae, the largest of the flowering plant families in the world. Olearia are found in Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand. The genus ...

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– Great Barrier tree daisy (N.Z.) *'' Olearia alpicola'' F.Muell. ex Benth. – alpine daisy-bush (N.S.W., Vic.) *'' Olearia angulata'' (Kirk) Allan (N.Z.) *'' Olearia angustifolia'' Hook.f. – teteaweka (N.Z.) *''

Olearia arborescens ''Olearia arborescens'', also known as common tree daisy is a common shrub or small tree of New Zealand. It grows in lowland to alpine scrubland in the North Island from East Cape southwards, and throughout the South and Stewart Island St ...

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& Laing – common tree daisy, glossy tree daisy (N.Z.) *''

Olearia archeri ''Olearia archeri'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a shrub with small, crowded, narrowly elliptic leaves and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences. Description ''Olearia archeri ...

'' Lander (Tas.) *'' Olearia arckaringensis'' P.J.Lang – Arckaringensis daisy (S.A.) *''

Olearia argophylla ''Olearia argophylla'', commonly known as musk daisy-bush, native musk or silver shrub, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub or tree with silvery branchlets, egg-shap ...

'' ( Labill.) F.Muell. ex Benth. – musk daisy-bush, native musk, silver shrub (N.S.W., Vic.) *'' Olearia arguta'' Benth. (W.A., N.T., Qld.) ** ''Olearia arguta'' Benth. var. ''arguta'' (W.A., N.T.) ** ''Olearia arguta'' var. ''lanata'' Benth. (W.A., N.T., Qld.) *''

Olearia arida ''Olearia arida'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to inland western Australia. It is upright shrub with spreading branches and clusters of white flowers. Description ''Olearia arida'' is an upright shrub w ...

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(W.A., S.A., N.T.) *'' Olearia asterotricha'' (F.Muell.) Benth. – rough daisy-bush (N.S.W., Vic.) *''

Olearia astroloba ''Olearia astroloba'', commonly known as marble daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to a restricted area of Victoria, Australia, Victoria in Australia. It is a greyish shrub with Sessility (botany) ...

'' Lander & N.G.Walsh – marble daisy-bush (Vic.) *''

Olearia avicenniifolia ''Olearia avicenniifolia'', known commonly as mountain akeake, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is Endemism, endemic to New Zealand where it is found on the southern coastlines of the South Island and on Stewart Island. It is cl ...

'' ( Raoul) Hook.f. –

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(N.Z.) *'' Olearia axillaris'' ( DC.) F.Muell. ex Benth. – coast daisy-bush (W.A., S.A., N.S.W., Vic., Tas.) *''

Olearia ballii ''Olearia ballii'', commonly known as mountain daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Lord Howe Island. It is a dense shrub with crowded linear leaves and small, purplish and white, daisy-like infloresce ...

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) *'' Olearia brachyphylla'' (F.Muell. ex

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) N.A.Wakef. (W.A., S.A.) *'' Olearia brevipedunculata'' N.G.Walsh (N.S.W., Vic.) *''

Olearia bullata ''Olearia bullata'' is a small divaricating shrub endemic to New Zealand, from the plant family Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera wit ...

'' H.D.Wilson & Garn.-Jones (N.Z.) *'' Olearia burgessii'' Lander (N.S.W.) *'' Olearia calcarea'' F.Muell. ex Benth. – limestone daisy bush (W.A., S.A., Vic., N.S.W.) *''

Olearia canescens ''Olearia canescens'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with scattered elliptic or egg-shaped leaves, and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences. Description ''Olear ...

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(N.S.W., Qld.) *''

Olearia cassiniae ''Olearia cassiniae'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect or spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of and produces white daisy-like inflorescen ...

'' (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. (W.A.) *''

Olearia chathamica ''Olearia chathamica'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses� ...

(N.Z.) *'' Olearia cheesmanii''

& Allan – streamside tree daisy (N.Z.) *'' Olearia chrysophylla'' (DC.) Benth. (N.S.W., Qld.) *''

Olearia ciliata ''Olearia ciliata'', commonly known as the fringed daisy bush, is a small shrub with large clusters of bright purple-blue flowers on a single stem. Description ''Olearia ciliata'' is a small upright spreading shrub about high with more or less ...

'' (Benth.) F.Muell. ex Benth. – fringed daisy-bush (W.A., S.A., Vic., Tas.) *'' Olearia colensoi'' Hook.f. – tupare, leatherwood (N.Z.) *''

Olearia cordata ''Olearia cordata'' is an aromatic slender shrub with mostly mauve to dark blue daisy-like flowers endemic to New South Wales. Flowers appear in clusters at the end of branches, leaves are narrow and heart-shaped near the base. Description ''Ol ...

'' Lander (N.S.W.) *'' Olearia covenyi'' Lander (N.S.W.) *'' Olearia coriacea'' Kirk (N.Z.) *''

Olearia crebra ''Olearia'', most commonly known as daisy-bush, is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae, the largest of the flowering plant families in the world. Olearia are found in Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand. The genus ...

'' E.K.Cameron & Heenan (N.Z.) *'' Olearia crosby-smithiana''

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Olearia cuneifolia ''Olearia cuneifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Queensland. It is an erect shrub with lance-shaped to wedge-shaped leaves and white, daisy-like inflorescences. Description ''Olearia cuneifolia'' ...

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& M.T.Mathieson (Qld.) *'' Olearia curticoma'' N.G.Walsh (Vic.) *'' Olearia cydoniifolia'' (DC.) Benth. (Qld., N.S.W.) *'' Olearia cymbifolia'' (Hook.f.) Cheeseman (N.Z.) *'' Olearia decurrens'' (DC.) Benth. – clammy daisy-bush (W.A., S.A., N.S.W., Vic.) *''

Olearia durifolia ''Olearia'', most commonly known as daisy-bush, is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae, the largest of the flowering plant families in the world. Olearia are found in Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand. The genus i ...

'' J.Kost. (P.N.G.) *'' Olearia elaeophila'' (A.Cunn. ex DC.) F.Muell. ex Benth. (W.A.) *'' Olearia elliptica'' DC. – sticky daisy-bush (Qld., N.S.W.) *'' Olearia eremaea'' Lander (W.A.) *'' Olearia ericoides'' (

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) N.A.Wakef. (Tas.) *''

Olearia erubescens ''Olearia erubescens'', commonly known as moth daisy-bush or pink-tip daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is a shrub with stiff, prickly leaves and white "daisy" flowers, growing up to 2 metres high. Descrip ...

'' ( Sieber ex Spreng.) Dippel (S.A., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.) – pink-tip daisy-bush, moth daisy-bush *''

Olearia exiguifolia ''Olearia exiguifolia'' commonly known as small-leaved daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-western Australia. It is an erect or straggly shrub with broadly egg-shaped leaves with the narro ...

'' (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. (W.A., S.A.) *''

Olearia ferresii ''Olearia ferresii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to central Australia. It is an erect, aromatic shrub with elliptic to lance-shaped leaves and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences. Description ...

'' (F.Muell.) Benth. (W.A., N.T., S.A., Qld.) *''

Olearia fimbriata ''Olearia'', most commonly known as daisy-bush, is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae, the largest of the flowering plant families in the world. Olearia are found in Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand. The genus i ...

'' Heads (N.Z.) *'' Olearia floccosa'' J.Kost. (P.N.G.) *'' Olearia flocktoniae'' Maiden & Betche – Dorrigo daisy-bush (N.S.W.) *'' Olearia floribunda'' (Hook.f.) Benth. – heath daisy-bush (N.S.W., Vic., S.A.) *'' Olearia fluvialis'' Lander (W.A.) *''

Olearia fragrantissima ''Olearia fragrantissima'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in New Zealand. It is threatened by habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by w ...

'' Petrie (N.Z.) *'' Olearia frostii'' (F.Muell.)

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– Bogong daisy-bush (Vic.) *'' Olearia furfuracea'' (A.Rich.) Hook.f. – akepiro (N.Z.) *'' Olearia gardneri'' Heads (N.Z.) *'' Olearia glandulosa'' (Labill.) Benth. – swamp daisy-bush (S.A., Qld., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.) *'' Olearia glutinosa'' (Lindl.) Benth. – sticky daisy-bush (S.A., Vic. Tas.) *'' Olearia gordonii'' Lander (Qld.) *'' Olearia grandiflora'' Hook. – Mount Lofty daisy-bush (S.A.) *'' Olearia gravis'' (F.Muell.) Benth. (Qld., N.S.W.) *'' Olearia hectorii'' Hook.f. (N.Z.) *'' Olearia heterocarpa'' S.T.Blake – Nightcap daisy bush (Qld., N.S.W.) *'' Olearia heterolepis'' Mattf. (P.N.G.) *'' Olearia heterotricha'' Mattf. (P.N.G.) *'' Olearia homolepis'' (F.Muell.) Benth. (W.A.) *'' Olearia hooglandii'' J.Kost. (P.N.G.) *'' Olearia hookeri'' (Sond.) Benth. (Tas.) *'' Olearia humilis'' Lander (W.A.) *'' Olearia hygrophila'' (DC.) Benth. (Qld.) *''

Olearia ilicifolia ''Olearia ilicifolia'' is a shrub or small tree endemic to New Zealand. Common names include Māori-holly, mountain holly, ''hakeke'' or ''hākēkeke'' and New Zealand holly. It is a spreading shrub or small tree of the family Asteraceae, and has ...

'' Hook.f. – mountain holly (N.Z.) *'' Olearia imbricata'' ( Turcz.) Benth. – imbricate daisy bush (W.A.) *'' Olearia incana'' ( D.A.Cooke) Lander (W.A., S.A., Vic., N.S.W.) *'' Olearia incondita'' Lander (W.A.) *'' Olearia iodochroa'' (F.Muell.) Benth. – violet daisy-bush (N.S.W., Vic.) *'' Olearia kernotii'' F.Muell. (P.N.G.) *'' Olearia laciniifolia'' Lander (W.A.) *'' Olearia lacunosa'' Buchanan – lancewood tree daisy (N.Z.) *'' Olearia lanata'' J.Kost (P.N.G.) *'' Olearia lanuginosa'' (J.H.Willis) N.A.Wakef. – woolly daisy bush (W.A., S.A., Vic.) *'' Olearia lasiophylla'' Lander (N.S.W.) *'' Olearia laxiflora'' Kirk (N.Z.) *'' Olearia ledifolia'' (DC.) Benth. – rock daisy bush (Tas.) *'' Olearia lehmanniana'' (Steetz) Lander (W.A.) *'' Olearia lepidophylla'' (

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) Benth. – club-moss daisy-bush (W.A., S.A., N.S.W., Vic., Tas.) *'' Olearia lepidota'' Mattf. (P.N.G.) *'' Olearia leptocephala'' J.Kost (P.N.G.) *'' Olearia liniata'' (Kirk) Cockayne (N.Z.) *'' Olearia lirata'' (

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) Hutch. – snowy daisy-bush (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.) *''

Olearia lyallii ''Olearia lyallii'' is a New Zealand plant from the genus ''Olearia''. It is commonly known as the subantarctic tree daisy. The species is endemic to the Snares Islands and southern New Zealand, and has also established itself as an introduced ...

'' Hook.f. – subantarctic tree daisy (N.Z.) *''

Olearia macdonnellensis ''Olearia macdonnellensis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to a restricted part of the Northern Territory of Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub shrub with broadly elliptic to broadly egg-shaped leaves ...

'' D.A.Cooke (N.T.) *''

Olearia magniflora ''Olearia magniflora'', commonly known as splendid daisy-bush, is a small shrub with clusters of deep mauve to purple flowers. Description ''Olearia magniflora'' is sprawling upright shrub to high with upright stems and an open habit. The bran ...

'' (F.Muell.) Benth. – splendid daisy-bush (W.A.,, S.A., N.S.W., Vic.) *'' Olearia megalophylla'' (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. – large-leaf daisy-bush (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic.) *'' Olearia microdisca'' J.M.Black (S.A.) *'' Olearia microphylla'' ( Vent.) Maiden & Betche – small-leaf daisy-bush (Qld., N.S.W., A.C.T.) *''

Olearia minor ''Olearia minor'', is a small flowering shrub in the family Asteraceae. It has alternate leaves and white to pale mauve daisy-like flowers from winter to December. It grows in Western Australia, South Australia, New South Wales, and Victoria. D ...

'' (Benth.) Lander (N.S.W., Vic., S.A., W.A.) *'' Olearia montana'' Lander (N.S.W.) *''

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(P.N.G.) *'' Olearia mooneyi'' (F.Muell.) Hemsl. ( L.H.I) *'' Olearia moschata'' Hook.f. (N.Z.) *'' Olearia mucronata'' Lander (W.A.) *'' Olearia muelleri'' (Sond.) Benth. – Goldfields daisy, Mueller's daisy bush (W.A., S.A., Vic., N.S.W.) *''

Olearia muricata ''Olearia muricata'', commonly known as rough-leaved daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with flat, linear to triangular leaves, and whit ...

'' (Steetz) Benth. – rough-leaved daisy bush (W.A.) *''

Olearia myrsinoides ''Olearia myrsinoides'', commonly known as silky daisy-bush or blush daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a spreading shrub with hairy branchlets, egg-shaped to elli ...

'' (Labill.) F.Muell. ex Benth. – blush daisy-bush, silky daisy-bush (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.) *'' Olearia nernstii'' (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. (Qld., N.S.W.) *'' Olearia newbeyi'' Lander (W.A.) *''

Olearia nummulariifolia ''Olearia'', most commonly known as daisy-bush, is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae, the largest of the flowering plant families in the world. Olearia are found in Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand. The genus i ...

'' (Hook.f.) Hook.f. (N.Z.) *'' Olearia obcordata'' (Hook.f.) Benth. (Tas.) *'' Olearia occidentissima'' Lander (W.A.) *'' Olearia odorata'' Petrie – scented tree daisy (N.Z.) *'' Olearia oliganthema'' F.Muell. ex Benth. (N.S.W.) *''Olearia oporina'' (G.Forst.) Hook.f. (N.Z.) *''Olearia oppositifolia'' (F.Muell.) Lander (Qld., N.S.W.) *''Olearia orientalis'' A.R.Bean & Peter Craig Jobson, Jobson (Qld.) *''Olearia pachycephala'' J.Kost (P.N.G.) *''Olearia pachyphylla'' Cheeseman (N.Z.) *''Olearia pallida'' J.Kost (P.N.G.) *''Olearia paniculata'' (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Druce (N.Z.) – akiraho *''Olearia pannosa'' Hook. – velvet daisy-bush (S.A., Vic.) *''Olearia passerinoides'' (Turcz.) Benth. (W.A., S.A., N.S.W., Vic.) *''Olearia paucidentata'' (Steetz.) F.Muell. ex Benth. (W.A.) *''Olearia persoonioides'' (DC.) Benth. (Tas.) *''Olearia phlogopappa'' (Labill.) DC. – dusty daisy-bush, alpine daisy-bush (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.) *''Olearia picridifolia'' (F.Muell.) Benth. (W.A., S.A., Vic.) *''Olearia pimeleoides'' (DC.) Benth. – pimelea daisy-bush (W.A., S.A., Qld., N.S.W., Vic.) *''Olearia pinifolia'' (Hook.f.) Benth. (Tas.) *''Olearia platyphylla'' Mattf. (P.N.G.) *''Olearia plucheacea'' Lander (W.A.) *''Olearia polita'' Hugh Wilson (New Zealand botanist), H.D.Wilson & Garn.-Jones (N.Z.) *''Olearia quercifolia'' Sieber ex DC. – oak-leaved daisy-bush (N.S.W.) *''Olearia quinquevulnera'' Heenan (N.Z.) *''Olearia racemosa'' Domin (Qld.) *''Olearia ramosissima'' (DC.) Benth. (W.A., Qld., N.S.W.) *''Olearia ramulosa'' (Labill.) Benth. – twiggy daisy-bush (S.A., Qld., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.) *''Olearia rani'' (A.Cunn.) Druce – heketara (N.Z.) *''Olearia revoluta'' Benth. (W.A.) *''Olearia rosmarinifolia'' (DC.) Benth. (Qld., N.S.W.) *''Olearia rudis'' (Benth.) F.Muell. ex Benth. (S.A., N.S.W., Vic.) *''Olearia rufa'' J.Kost (P.N.G.) *''Olearia rugosa'' (F.Muell. ex W.Archer bis) Hutch. – wrinkled daisy-bush (N.S.W., Vic., Tas.) *''Olearia solandri'' (Hook.f.) Hook.f. – coastal tree daisy (N.Z.) *''Olearia speciosa'' Hutch. (Vic.) *''Olearia spectabilis'' J.Kost (P.N.G.) *''Olearia stellulata'' ( Labill.) Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, DC. (Vic., Tas.) *''Olearia stenophylla'' N.G.Walsh (N.S.W.) *''Olearia stilwelliae'' William Blakely, Blakely (N.S.W.) *''Olearia strigosa'' (Steetz) Benth. – bristly daisy bush (W.A.) *''Olearia stuartii'' (F.Muell.) Benth. (W.A., N.T., S.A., Qld.) *''Olearia subspicata'' (Hook.) Benth. (W.A., N.T., S.A., Qld., N.S.W., Vic.) *''Olearia suffruticosa'' D.A.Cooke – clustered daisy-bush (S.A., N.S.W., Vic.) *''Olearia tasmanica'' W.M.Curtis (Tas.) *''Olearia telmatica'' Heenan & Peter James de Lange, de Lange – shell akeake, swamp akeake (N.Z.) *''Olearia tenuifolia'' (DC.) Benth. – thin-leaf daisy-bush (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic.) *''Olearia teretifolia'' (Sond.) Benth. – cypress daisy-bush (S.A., Vic.) *''Olearia tomentosa'' (Johann Christoph Wendland, J.C.Wendl.) Benth. – toothed daisy-bush (N.S.W., Vic.) *''Olearia towsonii'' Cheeseman – Coromandel tree daisy (N.Z.) *''Olearia traversiorum'' (F.Muell.) Hook.f. – hakapiri, Chatham Island akeake (N.Z.) *''Olearia trifurcata'' Lander (W.A.) *''Olearia tubuliflora'' (Sond. & F.Muell. ex Sond.) Benth. (S.A., Vic.) *''Olearia velutina'' J.Kost (P.N.G.) *''Olearia vernonioides'' C.T.White & George William Francis, Francis (P.N.G.) *''Olearia virgata'' (Hook.f.) Hook.f. (N.Z.) *''Olearia viscidula'' (F.Muell.) Benth. – viscid daisy-bush (N.S.W.) *''Olearia viscosa'' (Labill.) Benth. – sticky daisy-bush (Vic., Tas.) *''Olearia xerophila'' (F.Muell.) Benth. (W.A., Qld.)

Use in horticulture

Several species are cultivated as ornamental garden plants, and there are hybrids of uncertain or mixed parentage. Among these, the following have been given the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit:- *''Olearia macrodonta'', New Zealand holly *''Olearia'' × ''mollis'' ‘Zennorensis’, daisy bush ‘Zennorensis’ *''Olearia'' × ''scilloniensis'' *''Olearia'' × ''scilloniensis'' ‘Master Michael’ They are generally hardy down to , but require a sheltered spot in full sun.

References

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