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

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s belonging to the

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

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and

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. The genus includes

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plants,

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s 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

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s 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 polyphyletic.

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 New Zealand Plant Conservation Network or listed in the Census of Vascular Plants of Papua New Guinea as at May 2021: *'' Olearia adenocarpa''

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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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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 i ...

'' Kirk – Great Barrier tree daisy (N.Z.) *''

Olearia alpicola ''Olearia alpicola'', commonly known as alpine daisy bush, is a shrub in the family Asteraceae and is found in mountainous terrain in New South Wales and Victoria in Australia. A small shrub with spreading branches and white daisy-like infloresce ...

'' F.Muell. ex Benth. – alpine daisy-bush (N.S.W., Vic.) *''

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'' Hook.f. – teteaweka (N.Z.) *'' Olearia arborescens'' (

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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 ''Olearia arckaringensis'', commonly known as Arckaringensis daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to a restricted area of northern South Australia. It is a small, compact, rounded shrub with woolly-hairy ...

'' P.J.Lang – Arckaringensis daisy (S.A.) *'' Olearia argophylla'' ( Labill.) F.Muell. ex Benth. – musk daisy-bush, native musk, silver shrub (N.S.W., Vic.) *''

Olearia arguta ''Olearia arguta'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to northern Australia. It is an erect, hairy aromatic herb that typically grows to a height of up to and has oblong leaves, sometimes with a few pointed t ...

'' 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 ...

'' E.Pritz. (W.A., S.A., N.T.) *''

Olearia asterotricha ''Olearia asterotricha'', commonly known as rough daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. A tall shrub with white, mauve or blue daisy like flowers growing from the Blue Mountains in New South Wales to western Victo ...

'' (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 in Australia. It is a greyish shrub with sessile, spatula-shaped leaves and mau ...

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– marble daisy-bush (Vic.) *''

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

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Olearia axillaris ''Olearia axillaris'', commonly known as coastal daisy-bush, coast daisy-bush or coastal daisybush is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to coastal areas of Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub with densely c ...

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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 brevipedunculata ''Olearia brevipedunculata'', commonly known as the dusty daisy-bush (although this name may also refer to '' O. phlogopappa''), is a small shrub with whitish-grey foliage and white daisy-like flowers in summer. Mostly found in Victoria and scat ...

'' 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. It has small brownish green leaves with a large amount of interlacing twigs, and grows to approximately 3 metres in height. References ...

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Olearia burgessii ''Olearia burgessii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern New South Wales. It is a shrub with scattered elliptic to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, and white and yello ...

'' Lander (N.S.W.) *''

Olearia calcarea ''Olearia calcarea'', commonly known as limestone daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is a shrub with egg-shaped or broadly spoon-shaped leaves with toothed edg ...

'' F.Muell. ex Benth. – limestone daisy bush (W.A., S.A., Vic., N.S.W.) *'' Olearia canescens'' (Benth.)

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

'' (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 ''Olearia colensoi'', commonly known as tūpare (from the Māori ) or leatherwood, is a sub-alpine shrub that is endemic to New Zealand. Other names it is known by in Māori Māori or Maori can refer to: Relating to the Māori people * Māori ...

'' Hook.f. – tupare, leatherwood (N.Z.) *'' Olearia cordata'' Lander (N.S.W.) *'' Olearia covenyi'' Lander (N.S.W.) *''

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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 i ...

'' E.K.Cameron & Heenan (N.Z.) *''

Olearia crosby-smithiana ''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 ...

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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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Olearia curticoma ''Olearia curticoma'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Victoria. It is an erect shrub with glabrous, sticky branchlets, linear leaves and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences. Description ''Olea ...

'' N.G.Walsh (Vic.) *''

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

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

Olearia cymbifolia ''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 ...

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Olearia decurrens ''Olearia decurrens'', commonly known as the clammy daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to arid, inland Australia. It is a glabrous, sticky, twiggy shrub with narrow egg-shaped to linear leaves som ...

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Olearia elaeophila ''Olearia elaeophila'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small shrub with scattered linear leaves, and white or blue and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences. Des ...

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Olearia elliptica ''Olearia elliptica'', commonly known as the sticky daisy bush, is a shrub in the family Asteraceae and is native to New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia. It has scattered, sticky leaves and white flowers in summer and autumn. Des ...

'' DC. – sticky daisy-bush (Qld., N.S.W.) *''

Olearia eremaea ''Olearia eremaea'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to inland areas of Western Australia. It is a shrub with scattered, more or less elliptic leaves, and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences. Descri ...

'' Lander (W.A.) *''

Olearia ericoides ''Olearia ericoides'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a slender shrub with oblong leaves and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences. Description ''Olearia ericoides'' is a slender, ...

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

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'' J.Kost. (P.N.G.) *''

Olearia flocktoniae ''Olearia flocktoniae'', commonly known as Dorrigo daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to a restricted area of New South Wales. It is a shrub with crowded, linear leaves, and white and yellow, dais ...

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Olearia floribunda ''Olearia floribunda'', commonly known as heath daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an upright, spreading shrub with egg-shaped leaves and white and yellow or mauv ...

'' (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 ''Olearia frostii'', commonly known as Bogong daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Victoria in Australia. It is a low, often straggling shrub with egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards ...

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Olearia furfuracea ''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 ...

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Olearia gardneri ''Olearia gardneri'', commonly known as Gardner's tree daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in New Zealand. At one point it was ranked as New Zealand's rarest tree, with only 160 wild individuals know ...

'' Heads (N.Z.) *''

Olearia glandulosa ''Olearia glandulosa'', commonly known as swamp daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a slender, erect, glabrous shrub with sticky, narrowly linear leaves and white o ...

'' (Labill.) Benth. – swamp daisy-bush (S.A., Qld., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.) *''

Olearia glutinosa ''Olearia glutinosa'', commonly known as sticky daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect, bushy, glabrous shrub with linear leaves and mauve, pink or white and ...

'' (Lindl.) Benth. – sticky daisy-bush (S.A., Vic. Tas.) *''

Olearia gordonii ''Olearia gordonii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to inland southern Queensland. It is a small, erect, spreading shrub with linear leaves and blue, daisy-like inflorescences. Description ''Olearia gordo ...

'' Lander (Qld.) *''

Olearia grandiflora ''Olearia grandiflora'', commonly known as Mount Lofty daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to a restricted area of South Australia. It is a spreading shrub with egg-shaped leaves and white and yello ...

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

'' (F.Muell.) Benth. (Qld., N.S.W.) *''

Olearia hectorii ''Olearia hectorii'' is a species of flowering plant in the daisy family Asteraceae. Its common names include deciduous tree daisy and Hector's tree daisy. It is endemic to New Zealand, where it is nationally endangered. Taxonomy Members of the ...

'' Hook.f. (N.Z.) *''

Olearia heterocarpa ''Olearia heterocarpa'', commonly known as Nightcap daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with narrowly elliptic or lance-shaped leaves with toothed edges, and whit ...

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Olearia heterolepis ''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 ...

'' Mattf. (P.N.G.) *''

Olearia heterotricha ''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 ...

'' Mattf. (P.N.G.) *''

Olearia homolepis ''Olearia homolepis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Western Australia. It is a shrub with linear leaves and white or blue and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences. Description ''Olearia homolepis'' is a ...

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

Olearia hooglandii ''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 hookeri ''Olearia hookeri'', commonly known as crimsontip daisybush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a sticky shrub with small, narrowly linear leaves and white to bluish-purple and yellow, dais ...

'' (Sond.) Benth. (Tas.) *''

Olearia humilis ''Olearia humilis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, spindly shrub with narrowly egg-shaped or linear leaves, and purple and yellow, daisy-like inflore ...

'' Lander (W.A.) *''

Olearia hygrophila ''Olearia hygrophila'', commonly known as swamp daisy or water daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to a restricted part of North Stradbroke Island in south-eastern Queensland. It is a shrub with slender ...

'' (DC.) Benth. (Qld.) *'' Olearia ilicifolia'' Hook.f. – mountain holly (N.Z.) *''

Olearia imbricata ''Olearia imbricata'', commonly known as imbricate daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with small, overlapping linear leaves and bluish-purple ...

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Turcz. Nikolai Stepanovich Turczaninow ( ru , Николай Степанович Турчанинов, 1796 in Nikitovka, now in Krasnogvardeysky District, Belgorod Oblast, Russia – 1863 in Kharkov) was a Russian botanist and plant collector who ...

) Benth. – imbricate daisy bush (W.A.) *''

Olearia incana ''Olearia incana'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is a shrub with narrowly elliptic or wedge-shaped leaves and white and pale yellow, daisy-like inflorescences. Description ''Ol ...

'' ( D.A.Cooke) Lander (W.A., S.A., Vic., N.S.W.) *''

Olearia incondita ''Olearia incondita'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a straggly shrub with narrowly elliptic leaves and white or pink and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences. D ...

'' Lander (W.A.) *''

Olearia iodochroa ''Olearia iodochroa'', commonly known as the violet daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a shrub with branchlets densely covered with whitish hairs, nar ...

'' (F.Muell.) Benth. – violet daisy-bush (N.S.W., Vic.) *''

Olearia kernotii ''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 ...

'' F.Muell. (P.N.G.) *''

Olearia laciniifolia ''Olearia laciniifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to inland areas of the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect shrub with scattered oblong leaves with small lobes on the edges, and lilac, ...

'' Lander (W.A.) *''

Olearia lacunosa ''Olearia lacunosa'', commonly known as the lancewood tree daisy, is a lowland to sub-alpine shrub or small tree, native to New Zealand. It grows from the lower North Island, southwards along mainly the west coast of the South Island The So ...

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– lancewood tree daisy (N.Z.) *''

Olearia lanata ''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 lanuginosa ''Olearia lanuginosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is an erect shrub with egg-shaped leaves and white to mauve and yellowish, daisy-like inflorescences. Description ''Olearia ...

'' (J.H.Willis) N.A.Wakef. – woolly daisy bush (W.A., S.A., Vic.) *''

Olearia lasiophylla ''Olearia lasiophylla'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern New South Wales. It is a shrub with hairy, elliptic leaves and white or mauve, and yellow daisy-like inflorescences. Description '' ...

'' Lander (N.S.W.) *''

Olearia laxiflora ''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 ...

'' Kirk (N.Z.) *''

Olearia ledifolia ''Olearia ledifolia'', commonly known as rock daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant of the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to Tasmania and found at higher altitudes where it grows as a low, compact bush with tough, leathery leaves and sma ...

'' (DC.) Benth. – rock daisy bush (Tas.) *'' Olearia lehmanniana'' (Steetz) Lander (W.A.) *''

Olearia lepidophylla ''Olearia lepidophylla'', commonly known as club-moss daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is a rigid, erect to spreading shrub with tiny oblong to egg-shaped leaves and wh ...

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) Benth. – club-moss daisy-bush (W.A., S.A., N.S.W., Vic., Tas.) *''

Olearia lepidota ''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 ...

'' Mattf. (P.N.G.) *''

Olearia leptocephala ''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 liniata'' (Kirk) Cockayne (N.Z.) *''

Olearia lirata ''Olearia lirata'', commonly known as snowy daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with lance-shaped leaves and white and cream-coloured to yellow, daisy-like ...

'' ( Sims) Hutch. – snowy daisy-bush (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.) *'' Olearia lyallii'' 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'' (F.Muell.) Benth. – splendid daisy-bush (W.A.,, S.A., N.S.W., Vic.) *''

Olearia megalophylla ''Olearia megalophylla'', commonly known as large-leaf daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a spreading shrub with egg-shaped to elliptic leaves and whi ...

'' (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. – large-leaf daisy-bush (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic.) *''

Olearia microdisca ''Olearia microdisca'', commonly known as small-flowered daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Kangaroo Island, South Australia. It is a compact shrub with small, crowded, oblong leaves and white ...

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(S.A.) *''

Olearia microphylla ''Olearia microphylla'', commonly known as snow bush, small-leaved daisy-bush or twiggy daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with spatula-shaped leaves with the e ...

'' ( Vent.) Maiden & Betche – small-leaf daisy-bush (Qld., N.S.W., A.C.T.) *'' Olearia minor'' (Benth.) Lander (N.S.W., Vic., S.A., W.A.) *''

Olearia montana ''Olearia montana'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to the Southern Tablelands of New South Wales. It is a shrub with hairy, elliptic leaves with toothed edges, and mauve and purple daisy-like inflorescen ...

'' Lander (N.S.W.) *'' Olearia monticola''

F.M.Bailey Frederick Manson Bailey (8 March 1827 – 25 June 1915) was a botanist active in Australia, who made valuable contributions to the characterisation of the flora of Queensland. He was known by his middle name, Manson. Early life Bailey was b ...

(P.N.G.) *''

Olearia mooneyi ''Olearia mooneyi'', commonly known as pumpkin bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Lord Howe Island. It is a shrub or small tree with hairy, elliptic to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards ...

'' (F.Muell.) Hemsl. ( L.H.I) *''

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

Olearia mucronata ''Olearia mucronata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to inland areas of Western Australia. It is a densely-branched, unpleasantly aromatic shrub with crowded linear leaves, and white and yellow, daisy-like ...

'' Lander (W.A.) *'' Olearia muelleri'' (Sond.) Benth. – Goldfields daisy, Mueller's daisy bush (W.A., S.A., Vic., N.S.W.) *'' Olearia muricata'' (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 ''Olearia nernstii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with scattered egg-shaped to elliptic leaves with toothed or prickly edges, and white and yellow, daisy-like inflores ...

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

Olearia newbeyi ''Olearia newbeyi'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with broadly linear to narrowly oblong leaves, and dull purple, daisy-like inflorescences. Descript ...

'' 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 ''Olearia obcordata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a shrub that typically grows to a height of less than . It usually has wedge-shaped leaves arranged alternately along the branchlets, ...

'' (Hook.f.) Benth. (Tas.) *''

Olearia occidentissima ''Olearia occidentissima'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to the extreme west of Western Australia. It is an erect or prostrate, wind-pruned shrub with narrowly elliptic leaves that are woolly-hairy on the ...

'' Lander (W.A.) *''

Olearia odorata ''Olearia odorata'', the scented tree daisy, is a small divaricating shrub endemic to New Zealand, from the plant family Asteraceae. It has small light green leaves with a large amount of interlacing twigs and grows to around 2–4m in height. ...

'' Petrie – scented tree daisy (N.Z.) *''

Olearia oliganthema ''Olearia oliganthema'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and was endemic to New South Wales. It was a shrub with scattered, broadly elliptic leaves, and white and yellow daisy-like inflorescences. Description ''Olearia o ...

'' 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 ''Olearia orientalis'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to central eastern Queensland. It is a bushy shrub with egg-shaped leaves, the narrower end towards the base, and white and yellow daisy flowers. Desc ...

'' A.R.Bean & Jobson (Qld.) *''

Olearia pachycephala ''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 pachyphylla ''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 ...

'' Cheeseman (N.Z.) *'' Olearia pallida'' J.Kost (P.N.G.) *''

Olearia paniculata ''Olearia paniculata'', commonly called akiraho, is a species of shrub or tree in the family Asteraceae, found only in New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two ...

'' (J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.) Druce (N.Z.) – akiraho *'' Olearia pannosa'' Hook. – velvet daisy-bush (S.A., Vic.) *''

Olearia passerinoides ''Olearia passerinoides'', commonly known as slender daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is a slender, sticky shrub with linear leaves, and white or pale mauve ...

'' (Turcz.) Benth. (W.A., S.A., N.S.W., Vic.) *''

Olearia paucidentata ''Olearia paucidentata'', the autumn scrub daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with variably-shaped leaves, and white, mauve or blue and mauve or ye ...

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

Olearia persoonioides ''Olearia persoonioides'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of . Its leaves are arranged alternately, oblong or egg-shaped with the narrower e ...

'' (DC.) Benth. (Tas.) *''

Olearia phlogopappa ''Olearia phlogopappa'' commonly known as the dusty daisy-bush or alpine daisy-bush is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae that is commonly found in eastern New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. It is a small shrub with gr ...

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

Olearia picridifolia ''Olearia picridifolia'', commonly known as rasp scrub-daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is a low, spreading shrub with narrowly egg-shaped or narrowly elliptic l ...

'' (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 Olearia pinifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a shrub with rigid, linear, sharply-pointed leaves and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences. Description ''Olearia pinifolia ...

'' (Hook.f.) Benth. (Tas.) *''

Olearia platyphylla ''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 ...

'' Mattf. (P.N.G.) *''

Olearia plucheacea ''Olearia plucheacea'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to inland Western Australia. It is an erect, open shrub with scattered hairy, thread-like to linear leaves, and white and yellow daisy-like inflorescen ...

'' Lander (W.A.) *''

Olearia polita ''Olearia polita'' 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—th ...

& Garn.-Jones (N.Z.) *''

Olearia quercifolia ''Olearia quercifolia'', commonly known as oak-leaved olearia, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae, and is endemic to the Blue Mountains in New South Wales. It is a shrub with elliptic to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower ...

'' Sieber ex DC. – oak-leaved daisy-bush (N.S.W.) *''

Olearia quinquevulnera ''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 ...

'' Heenan (N.Z.) *''

Olearia racemosa ''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 ...

'' Domin (Qld.) *''

Olearia ramosissima ''Olearia ramosissima'', commonly known as much-branched daisy bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to continental Australia. It is a straggly shrub with densely-crowded, elliptic, egg-shaped or triangula ...

'' (DC.) Benth. (W.A., Qld., N.S.W.) *''

Olearia ramulosa ''Olearia ramulosa'', commonly known as twiggy daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with narrowly elliptic, linear or narrowly egg-shaped leaves, and pale bl ...

'' (Labill.) Benth. – twiggy daisy-bush (S.A., Qld., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.) *''

Olearia rani ''Olearia rani'', or heketara as it is known in Māori is a common small forest tree of New Zealand. It grows in lowland forest throughout the North Island and in the northern half of the South Island. ''Olearia rani'' var. ''rani'' has a more n ...

'' (A.Cunn.) Druce – heketara (N.Z.) *''

Olearia revoluta ''Olearia revoluta'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is an erect, rounded shrub with linear to oblong leaves with the edges rolled under, and white daisy-like infl ...

'' Benth. (W.A.) *''

Olearia rosmarinifolia ''Olearia rosmarinifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with scattered linear leaves, and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences. Description ''Olearia rosmari ...

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

Olearia rudis ''Olearia rudis'', commonly known as azure daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a usually short-lived shrub with crowded elliptic or egg-shaped leaves, and pale blue, m ...

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

Olearia rufa ''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 rugosa ''Olearia rugosa'', commonly known as wrinkled daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It has alternate, wrinkled leaves and white daisy-like flowers and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. Description ''Olearia ...

'' (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 ''Olearia speciosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Victoria in Australia. It is a straggly, open shrub with egg-shaped to elliptic leaves, and white and yellow or brownish, daisy-like inflorescences ...

'' Hutch. (Vic.) *''

Olearia spectabilis ''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 stellulata ''Olearia stellulata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with lance-shaped or narrowly elliptic leaves, and white and yellow or mauve, daisy-like inflorescences. D ...

'' ( Labill.)

(Vic., Tas.) *''

Olearia stenophylla ''Olearia stenophylla'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to New South Wales. It is a shrub with oblong to linear leaves, and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences. Description ''Olearia stenophylla' ...

'' N.G.Walsh (N.S.W.) *''

Olearia stilwelliae ''Olearia stilwelliae'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to New South Wales, Australia. It is a shrub with scattered elliptic or egg-shaped leaves, and pale blue, white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescence ...

'' Blakely (N.S.W.) *''

Olearia strigosa ''Olearia strigosa'', commonly known as bristly 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 linear leaves and blue or purple, daisy-like in ...

'' (Steetz) Benth. – bristly daisy bush (W.A.) *'' Olearia stuartii'' (F.Muell.) Benth. (W.A., N.T., S.A., Qld.) *''

Olearia subspicata ''Olearia subspicata'', commonly known as spiked daisy bush or shrubby daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to continental Australia. It is an erect shrub with more or less linear leaves and white ...

'' (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 ''Olearia tasmainca'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a shrub that typically grows to a height of and has oblong to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base, long and w ...

W.M.Curtis Winifred Mary Curtis (15 June 1905 – 14 October 2005) was a British-born Australian botanist, author and a pioneer researcher in plant embryology and cytology who played a prominent role in the department of botany at the University of Tasmani ...

(Tas.) *'' Olearia telmatica'' Heenan & de Lange – shell akeake, swamp akeake (N.Z.) *''

Olearia tenuifolia ''Olearia tenuifolia'', commonly known as the thin-leaf daisy-bush, is a small shrub with narrow leaves and clusters of blue, deep mauve to purple flowers. Description ''Olearia tenuifolia'' is a shrub to high with scattered leaves arranged al ...

'' (DC.) Benth. – thin-leaf daisy-bush (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic.) *''

Olearia teretifolia ''Olearia teretifolia'', commonly known as cypress daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a slender, erect to spreading shrub with more or less sessile, l ...

'' (Sond.) Benth. – cypress daisy-bush (S.A., Vic.) *''

Olearia tomentosa ''Olearia tomentosa'', commonly known as the toothed daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a spreading shrub with egg-shaped leaves, the edges toothed o ...

'' (

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) Benth. – toothed daisy-bush (N.S.W., Vic.) *''

Olearia towsonii ''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 ...

'' 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 ''Olearia tubuliflora'', commonly known as rayless daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a slender, erect shrub with linear or narrowly elliptic leaves an ...

'' (Sond. & F.Muell. ex Sond.) Benth. (S.A., Vic.) *''

Olearia velutina ''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 vernonioides''

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(P.N.G.) *''

Olearia virgata ''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 viscidula ''Olearia viscidula'', commonly known as the viscid daisy bush or wallaby weed, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern New South Wales. It is a shrub with scattered narrow elliptic or egg-shaped leaves ...

'' (F.Muell.) Benth. – viscid daisy-bush (N.S.W.) *''

Olearia viscosa ''Olearia teretifolia'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a bushy shrub with lance-shaped, egg-shaped or elliptic leaves arranged in opposite pairs, and white and yellow, dai ...

'' (Labill.) Benth. – sticky daisy-bush (Vic., Tas.) *''

Olearia xerophila ''Olearia xerophila'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic northern Australia. It is an erect subshrub with elliptic to broadly elliptic leaves and violet, blue or mauve and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences. ...

'' (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 The Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), founded in 1804 as the Horticultural Society of London, is the UK's leading gardening charity. The RHS promotes horticulture through its five gardens at Wisley (Surrey), Hyde Hall (Essex), Harlow Carr (Nort ...

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Award of Garden Merit The Award of Garden Merit (AGM) is a long-established annual award for plants by the British Royal Horticultural Society (RHS). It is based on assessment of the plants' performance under UK growing conditions. History The 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.

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