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Twiggy Daisy-bush

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Scientific Name:Olearia ramulosa
Twiggy Daisy-bush plant
Twiggy Daisy-bush plant
Photo: A J Brown

Status:
Native to New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania.

Plant Description:
Erect shrub to 1.6 m tall with scattered to crowded leaves 2-8 mm long and 0.8-2.5 mm wide with a rounded apex. Underside of leaves grey-woolly.

Flower-heads on the ends of side branches or in the angles between stems and leaves. Composite flowers white, pale blue to mauve outer ‘petals’ (ray florets) with yellow centres (disk florets). Fruit an achene.

Habitat:
Scattered along the coastline in sand dunes but also found in woodland across the State.

Comments:
The daisy-bushes are a large genus of native plants with almost 50 species and subspecies recorded for Victoria. Other coastal species include Coastal Daisy-bush (Olearia axillaris) and Sticky Daisy-bush (Olearia glutinosa).

Twiggy Daisy-bush Photos

Twiggy Daisy-bush leaves
Leaves of Twiggy Daisy-bush
Photo: A J Brown
Twiggy Daisy-bush flowers
Flowers of Twiggy Daisy-bush
Photo: A J Brown

Twiggy Daisy-bush bush
Bush of Twiggy Daisy-bush
Photo: A J Brown

Twiggy Daisy-bush fruit
Fruiting flowers of Twiggy Daisy-bush
Photo: A J Brown

Twiggy Daisy-bush flower
Twiggy Daisy-bush flower
Photo: A J Brown

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