''Olearia obcordata'' is a species of

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in the family

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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, the narrower end towards the base, with three or five teeth on the ends. The flowers are arranged singly in leaf axils and are few in number with up to six ray

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. It was first formally described in 1847 by Joseph Dalton Hooker who gave it the name ''Eurybia obcordata'' in the ''London Journal of Botany'' from specimens collected by

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. In 1867, George Bentham changed the name to ''Olearia obcordata'' in '' Flora Australiensis''. The

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(''obcordata'') means "inverted heart-shaped". ''Olearia obcordata'' grows in drier mountain areas of Tasmania.

References

* obcordata Flora of Tasmania Plants described in 1847 Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker {{Australia-eudicot-stub