Olearia myrsinoides

Blush Daisy Bush at Bolaro, NSW

Olearia myrsinoides at Bolaro, NSW - 28 Jan 2018
Olearia myrsinoides at Bolaro, NSW - 28 Jan 2018
Olearia myrsinoides at Bolaro, NSW - 28 Jan 2018
Olearia myrsinoides at Bolaro, NSW - 28 Jan 2018
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Identification history

Olearia myrsinoides 19 Apr 2018 MichaelMulvaney
Olearia sp. 27 Feb 2018 MichaelMulvaney
Unidentified 1 Feb 2018 DavidMcKay

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Isolated plants or small groups on south facing slope of the valley, generally coming out from the protection of a rock or log. Open forest of Snow Gums and E. viminalis

6 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:
   2 Feb 2018
My initial thought was Olearia alpicola, but the leaves of this plant do not appear to be opposite each other. I cannot key it to anything sensible in either Plantnet or Vicflora keys to Olearia. It might be a weed.
DavidMcKay wrote:
   3 Feb 2018
If nothing else comes up I will bring back a sample on my next visit and take it to the ANBG
   28 Feb 2018
Keith McDougall of the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage said "Olearia seems a reasonable guess. I wouldn’t have thought alpicola. O. phlogopappa subsp. serrata is about the right size but plants I have seen tend to have dull upper surfaces. So, best to collect some and give to Dave Albrecht at the Herbarium."
DavidMcKay wrote:
   28 Feb 2018
I am interested in following this up so I wil collect samples when I next visit the area. If flowers are needed that will have to wait until next spring or summer. When I get an identification I will pass that on in a future comment.
   28 Feb 2018
Thanks David - appreciate being kept informed
DavidMcKay wrote:
   19 Apr 2018
I sent a sample to Dave Albrecht via ANBG. In the absence of fertile material he could not be 100% certain but thought it is Olearia myrsinoides. Although leaf size is highly variable the sample with some leaves to 50mm was "really pushing the limit" although a herbarium specimen also has leaves to 50mm. I have put tree guards around several plants to reduce damage by wallabies. If I can get flowers next January Dave would like specimens with flowers and variable leaf size for confirmation and herbarium specimen.
We will see what summer brings.

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  • 1 - 3 Abundance
  • 28 Jan 2018 09:57 AM Recorded on
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  • True In flower
  • 10cm to 30cm Plant height

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