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

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

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

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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

bract In botany, a bract is a modified or specialized leaf, especially one associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves. They may be smaller, larger, or of ...

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

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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 '' O ...

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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.) *''

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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.) *''

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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)

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Olearia angustifolia ''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. – 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 ''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 ...

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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 ...

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(N.Z.) *''

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

'' H.D.Wilson & Garn.-Jones (N.Z.) *'' Olearia burgessii'' 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 ''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''

– 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 ''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 ''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.) *''

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'' 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.)

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(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 ''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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) 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 ...

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) 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.) *''

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

'' Maiden & Betche – Dorrigo daisy-bush (N.S.W.) *''

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'' (F.Muell.)

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– Bogong daisy-bush (Vic.) *'' Olearia furfuracea'' (A.Rich.) Hook.f. – akepiro (N.Z.) *''

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'' 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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– Mount Lofty daisy-bush (S.A.) *''

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'' 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.) *''

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

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) 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.) *''

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'' 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''

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– 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 ''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'' (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 ''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'' (

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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 The Snares, Snares Islands and southern New Zealand, and has also established itself as an ...

'' 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 ''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 ...

'' J.M.Black (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 ''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.) *''

Olearia monticola ''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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(P.N.G.) *'' Olearia mooneyi'' (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'' 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 ''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'' 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 ''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'' F.Muell. ex Benth. (N.S.W.) *''

Olearia oporina ''Olearia oporina'', commonly known as tētēaweka, keketerehe, and tūpare (from Māori), is a species of small tree or shrub in the family Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species ...

'' (G.Forst.) Hook.f. (N.Z.) *'' Olearia oppositifolia'' (F.Muell.) Lander (Qld., N.S.W.) *'' Olearia orientalis'' 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'' 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 tw ...

'' (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 ''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'' (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 ''Olearia pimeleoides'', commonly known as pimelea daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is an erect shrub with elliptic, linear or lance-shaped leaves, and whit ...

'' (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'' 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—t ...

'' 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 ''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'' (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'' (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 ''Olearia solandri'', commonly known as coastal daisy-bush or coastal tree daisy, is a coastal shrub of New Zealand New Zealand ( mi, Aotearoa ) is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasse ...

'' (Hook.f.) Hook.f. – coastal tree daisy (N.Z.) *'' Olearia speciosa'' Hutch. (Vic.) *''

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

'' J.Kost (P.N.G.) *'' Olearia stellulata'' ( Labill.)

(Vic., Tas.) *'' Olearia stenophylla'' N.G.Walsh (N.S.W.) *'' Olearia stilwelliae'' Blakely (N.S.W.) *'' Olearia strigosa'' (Steetz) Benth. – bristly daisy bush (W.A.) *''

Olearia stuartii ''Olearia stuartii'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic arid parts of inland Australia. It is compact, spreading shrub or undershrub with lance-shaped leaves and blue to mauve and yellow, daisy-like inflores ...

'' (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 ''Olearia suffruticosa'', commonly known as clustered daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern continental Australia. It is a shrub or undershrub with scattered, linear, grass-like leave ...

'' 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 ...

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Olearia telmatica ''Olearia telmatica'', commonly known as akeake, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to the Chatham Islands The Chatham Islands ( ) (Moriori: ''Rēkohu'', 'Misty Sun'; mi, Wharekauri) are an archipelago in the ...

'' 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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Olearia traversiorum ''Olearia traversiorum'', the Chatham Island akeake, or Chatham Island tree daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the Chatham Islands of New Zealand. It is also known by the synonym ''O. traversii''.

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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 ''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 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'' (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'' (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

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Olearia macrodonta ''Olearia macrodonta'' (mountain holly or arorangi in New Zealand, or New Zealand holly elsewhere) is a small sub-alpine evergreen tree endemic to New Zealand, from the plant family Asteraceae. It is closely related to the narrow-leaved ''Olearia ...

'', 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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