Olearia montana

Tinderry, NSW

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Identification history

Olearia montana	8 Nov 2017	MichaelMulvaney
Olearia montana	6 Nov 2017	BettyDonWood
Unidentified	6 Nov 2017	Lesleyishiyama

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8 comments

BettyDonWood wrote:

7 Nov 2017

Someone with a permit should get a specimen of this to the herbarium. I have not seen it in situ and got to the ID from the key in Plantnet. If it is this species, it is a NSW endemic, so not in Vicflora. I am not worrying too much that the 'petals' appear white in the photo, whereas the Plantnet description says they are mauve.

Lesleyishiyama wrote:

8 Nov 2017

Hi Betty, this plant has mauve flowers. The photo does not do it justice. Who should I contact from the herbarium? Thanks so much

BettyDonWood wrote:

8 Nov 2017

I have emailed Brendan Liepschki at the herbarium, with a link to this sighting.

Lesleyishiyama wrote:

8 Nov 2017

Thanks Betty, the property owner will be excited :-)

MichaelMulvaney wrote:

9 Nov 2017

Keith McDougall of NSW Office of Environment and Heritage said "I think suggested ID is correct. Purple disk florets, toothed leaves, numerous ray florets. And O. montana is found in the Tinderrys, where it can be locally common and is a tallish shrub. Can’t think of alternatives.

Lesleyishiyama wrote:

9 Nov 2017

Thanks Michael :-)

BettyDonWood wrote:

9 Nov 2017

Dave Albrecht from the Herbarium said: Brendan Lepschi passed on your email regarding the Olearia image on Canberra Nature Map. The plant does look to be Olearia montana. Salient features are the toothed alternate leaves with a yellow-brown indumentum on the underside, inflorescence (of heads) mostly terminating short lateral shoots and purple disc florets. Herbarium collections have been made from very close to where the photograph was taken.

Lesleyishiyama wrote:

11 Nov 2017

Thank you very much Betty and Dave, Keith and Michael :-)

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Location information

Coordinates 149.272778 -35.741667
Altitude 1268.0m
Maps Tinderry Mountains
Places Tinderry, NSW

Sighting information

101 - 1,000 Abundance
3 Nov 2017 10:14 AM Recorded on
Lesleyishiyama Recorded by

Additional information

True In flower
30cm to 1 metre Plant height

Species information

Olearia montana Scientific name
Common name
Not Sensitive
Local native
Non-Invasive
Up to 1268m Recorded at altitude
Machine learning
In flower
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