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Olearia viscidula (F.Muell.) Benth.
Family Asteraceae
Common name: wallaby weed, viscid daisy bush

Olearia viscidula (F.Muell.) Benth. APNI*

Description: Shrub to 2.5 m high.

Leaves alternate or opposite, scattered; lamina narrow-elliptic or ovate, 15–88 mm long, 2–11 mm wide; apex acute, without a mucro; margins entire, flat; surfaces discolorous, upper surface viscid and green, lower surface grey-felted; venation indistinct; sessile or subsessile.

Heads in axillary panicles, 8–17 mm diam.; peduncle to 10 mm long. Ray florets 8–21, white. Disc florets 4–21, cream or yellow.

Achenes silky; pappus with 27–37 long bristles in 2 series, with an outer row of short bristles.


Flower
Photo L. von Richter

Fruit
Photo L. von Richter

Herbarium
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Flowering: July–November

Distribution and occurrence: Grows in dry sclerophyll forest and eucalypt woodland; south from the Nandewar Ra.
NSW subdivisions: NC, CC, SC, NT, CT, ST, NWS, CWS
Other Australian states: Vic.
AVH map***

Text by N. S. Lander
Taxon concept: Flora of NSW 3 (1992)


APNI* Provides a link to the Australian Plant Name Index (hosted by the Australian National Botanic Gardens) for comprehensive bibliographic data
***The AVH map option provides a detailed interactive Australia wide distribution map drawn from collections held by all major Australian herbaria participating in the Australian Virtual Herbarium project.
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