''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 (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

s belonging to the

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Asteraceae Asteraceae () is a large family (biology), family of flowering plants that consists of over 32,000 known species in over 1,900 genera within the Order (biology), order Asterales. The number of species in Asteraceae is rivaled only by the Orchi ...

, the largest of the flowering plant families in the world. Olearia are found in Australia,

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and New Zealand. The genus includes

herbaceous Herbaceous plants are vascular plants that have no persistent woody stems above ground. This broad category of plants includes many perennials, and nearly all annuals and biennials. Definitions of "herb" and "herbaceous" The fourth edition of ...

plants,

shrub A shrub or bush is a small to medium-sized perennial woody plant. Unlike herbaceous plants, shrubs have persistent woody stems above the ground. Shrubs can be either deciduous or evergreen. They are distinguished from trees by their multiple ...

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, associated with a reproductive structure such as a flower, inflorescence axis or cone scale. Bracts are usually different from foliage leaves in size, color, shape or texture. They also lo ...

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

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

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: *''

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) F.Muell. ex Benth. – woolly-glandular daisy-bush (W.A.) *'' Olearia aglossa'' (

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) Lander (N.S.W., Vic.) *''

Olearia albida ''Olearia albida'', also known by the name tanguru or tree daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. The plant was first described by Joseph Dalton Hooker in 1864, and is endemic to the northern North Island of New Zealan ...

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) Hook.f. – tanguru (N.Z.) *'' Olearia algida'' N.A.Wakef. – alpine daisy-bush (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic. Tas.) *'' Olearia allomii''

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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) Allan (N.Z.) *''

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'' (

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) Cockayne & 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'' 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'' E.Pritz. (W.A., S.A., N.T.) *'' Olearia asterotricha'' (F.Muell.) Benth. – rough daisy-bush (N.S.W., Vic.) *'' Olearia astroloba'' Lander & N.G.Walsh – marble daisy-bush (Vic.) *''

Olearia avicenniifolia ''Olearia avicenniifolia'', commonly known as mountain akeake, is a flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to New Zealand where it is found on the southern coastlines of the South Island and on Stewart Island. It is classified ...

'' ( Raoul) Hook.f. – akeake (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 ...

'' ( DC.) F.Muell. ex Benth. – coast daisy-bush (W.A., S.A., N.S.W., Vic., Tas.) *'' Olearia ballii'' (F.Muell.) Hemsl. – mountain daisy (

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) *'' Olearia brachyphylla'' (F.Muell. ex Sond.) N.A.Wakef. (W.A., S.A.) *''

Olearia brevipedunculata ''Olearia brevipedunculata'', commonly known as the dusty daisy-bush (although this name may also refer to '' O. phlogopappa''), is a small shrub with whitish-grey foliage and white daisy-like flowers in summer. Mostly found in Victoria and scatt ...

'' N.G.Walsh (N.S.W., Vic.) *'' Olearia bullata''

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& 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'' (Benth.) Hutch. (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 ''Macrolearia chathamica'', commonly known as keketerehe, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae. It is found only in the Chatham Islands of New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacifi ...

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'' Cockayne & Allan – streamside tree daisy (N.Z.) *'' Olearia chrysophylla'' (DC.) Benth. (N.S.W., Qld.) *'' Olearia ciliata'' (Benth.) F.Muell. ex Benth. – fringed daisy-bush (W.A., S.A., Vic., Tas.) *'' Olearia colensoi'' 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.) *'' Olearia coriacea'' Kirk (N.Z.) *'' Olearia crebra'' E.K.Cameron & Heenan (N.Z.) *'' Olearia crosby-smithiana'' Petrie (N.Z.) *'' 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.) Cheeseman (N.Z.) *'' Olearia decurrens'' (DC.) Benth. – clammy daisy-bush (W.A., S.A., N.S.W., Vic.) *'' Olearia durifolia'' J.Kost. (P.N.G.) *'' Olearia elaeophila'' (A.Cunn. ex DC.) F.Muell. ex Benth. (W.A.) *''

Olearia elliptica ''Olearia elliptica'', commonly known as the sticky daisy bush, is a shrub in the family Asteraceae and is native to New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia. It has scattered, sticky leaves and white flowers in summer and autumn. Des ...

'' DC. – sticky daisy-bush (Qld., N.S.W.) *'' Olearia eremaea'' Lander (W.A.) *'' Olearia ericoides'' (

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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 ...

'' ( Sieber ex Spreng.) Dippel (S.A., N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.) – pink-tip daisy-bush, moth daisy-bush *'' Olearia exiguifolia'' (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.) *'' Olearia fimbriata'' Heads (N.Z.) *'' Olearia floccosa'' J.Kost. (P.N.G.) *'' Olearia flocktoniae'' Maiden & Betche – Dorrigo daisy-bush (N.S.W.) *'' Olearia floribunda'' (Hook.f.) Benth. – heath daisy-bush (N.S.W., Vic., S.A.) *'' Olearia fluvialis'' Lander (W.A.) *'' Olearia fragrantissima'' Petrie (N.Z.) *'' Olearia frostii'' (F.Muell.)

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– Bogong daisy-bush (Vic.) *''

Olearia furfuracea ''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 ...

'' (A.Rich.) Hook.f. – akepiro (N.Z.) *'' Olearia gardneri'' 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'' (Lindl.) Benth. – sticky daisy-bush (S.A., Vic. Tas.) *'' Olearia gordonii'' Lander (Qld.) *''

Olearia grandiflora ''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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– Mount Lofty daisy-bush (S.A.) *'' Olearia gravis'' (F.Muell.) Benth. (Qld., N.S.W.) *'' Olearia hectorii'' 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.) *'' Olearia hooglandii'' J.Kost. (P.N.G.) *''

Olearia hookeri ''Olearia hookeri'', commonly known as crimsontip daisybush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a sticky shrub with small, narrowly linear leaves and white to bluish-purple and yellow, dais ...

'' (Sond.) Benth. (Tas.) *'' Olearia humilis'' Lander (W.A.) *'' Olearia hygrophila'' (DC.) Benth. (Qld.) *''

Olearia ilicifolia ''Olearia ilicifolia'' is a shrub or small tree endemism, 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 Asterac ...

'' Hook.f. – mountain holly (N.Z.) *'' Olearia imbricata'' ( Turcz.) 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.) *'' Olearia kernotii'' F.Muell. (P.N.G.) *'' Olearia laciniifolia'' Lander (W.A.) *'' Olearia lacunosa'' Buchanan – 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'' Kirk (N.Z.) *'' Olearia ledifolia'' (DC.) Benth. – rock daisy bush (Tas.) *'' Olearia lehmanniana'' (Steetz) Lander (W.A.) *''

Olearia lepidophylla ''Olearia lepidophylla'', commonly known as club-moss daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to southern Australia. It is a rigid, erect to spreading shrub with tiny oblong to egg-shaped leaves and wh ...

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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'' J.Kost (P.N.G.) *'' Olearia lineata'' (Kirk) Cockayne (N.Z.) *''

Olearia lirata ''Olearia lirata'', commonly known as snowy daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with lance-shaped leaves and white and cream-coloured to yellow, daisy-like ...

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) Hutch. – snowy daisy-bush (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.) *'' Olearia lyallii'' 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 with broadly elliptic to broadly egg-shaped leaves and y ...

'' D.A.Cooke (N.T.) *'' Olearia magniflora'' (F.Muell.) Benth. – splendid daisy-bush (W.A.,, S.A., N.S.W., Vic.) *'' Olearia megalophylla'' (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. – large-leaf daisy-bush (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic.) *'' Olearia microdisca'' J.M.Black (S.A.) *'' Olearia microphylla'' ( 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''

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(P.N.G.) *'' Olearia mooneyi'' (F.Muell.) Hemsl. ( L.H.I) *'' Olearia moschata'' Hook.f. (N.Z.) *'' Olearia mucronata'' Lander (W.A.) *''

Olearia muelleri ''Olearia muelleri'', commonly known as Mueller daisy bush, Mueller's daisy bush or Goldfields daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is a compact or spreading shrub ...

'' (Sond.) Benth. – Goldfields daisy, Mueller's daisy bush (W.A., S.A., Vic., N.S.W.) *'' Olearia muricata'' (Steetz) Benth. – rough-leaved daisy bush (W.A.) *'' Olearia myrsinoides'' (Labill.) F.Muell. ex Benth. – blush daisy-bush, silky daisy-bush (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic., Tas.) *'' Olearia nernstii'' (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. (Qld., N.S.W.) *''

Olearia newbeyi ''Olearia newbeyi'' 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 broadly linear to narrowly oblong leaves, and dull purple, daisy-like inflorescences. Descript ...

'' Lander (W.A.) *'' Olearia nummulariifolia'' (Hook.f.) Hook.f. (N.Z.) *'' Olearia obcordata'' (Hook.f.) Benth. (Tas.) *'' Olearia occidentissima'' Lander (W.A.) *'' Olearia odorata'' Petrie – scented tree daisy (N.Z.) *'' Olearia oliganthema'' F.Muell. ex Benth. (N.S.W.) *''

Olearia oporina ''Macrolearia oporina'' is a species of small tree in the family Asteraceae. It is endemic to the south-western South Island of New Zealand, including some outlying islands (e.g., Stewart Island Stewart Island (, ' glowing skies', offic ...

'' (G.Forst.) Hook.f. (N.Z.) *'' Olearia oppositifolia'' (F.Muell.) Lander (Qld., N.S.W.) *'' Olearia orientalis'' A.R.Bean & Jobson (Qld.) *'' Olearia pachycephala'' J.Kost (P.N.G.) *'' Olearia pachyphylla'' Cheeseman (N.Z.) *'' Olearia pallida'' J.Kost (P.N.G.) *'' Olearia paniculata'' (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'' (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 ''Olearia picridifolia'', commonly known as rasp scrub-daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to southern continental Australia. It is a low, spreading shrub with narrowly egg-shaped or narrowly elliptic l ...

'' (F.Muell.) Benth. (W.A., S.A., Vic.) *'' Olearia pimeleoides'' (DC.) Benth. – pimelea daisy-bush (W.A., S.A., Qld., N.S.W., Vic.) *''

Olearia pinifolia Olearia pinifolia, commonly known as the pine-daisy, 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. ...

'' (Hook.f.) Benth. (Tas.) *'' Olearia platyphylla'' Mattf. (P.N.G.) *'' Olearia plucheacea'' Lander (W.A.) *'' Olearia polita''

& 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'' (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'' Benth. (W.A.) *'' Olearia rosmarinifolia'' (DC.) Benth. (Qld., N.S.W.) *''

Olearia rudis ''Olearia rudis'', commonly known as azure daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a usually short-lived shrub with crowded elliptic or egg-shaped leaves, and pale blue, m ...

'' (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'' (Hook.f.) Hook.f. – coastal tree daisy (N.Z.) *''

Olearia speciosa ''Olearia speciosa'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Victoria in Australia. It is a straggly, open shrub with egg-shaped to elliptic leaves, and white and yellow or brownish, daisy-like inflorescences. ...

'' Hutch. (Vic.) *'' Olearia spectabilis'' J.Kost (P.N.G.) *'' Olearia stellulata'' ( Labill.) DC. (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'', 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 ...

'' D.A.Cooke – clustered daisy-bush (S.A., N.S.W., Vic.) *'' Olearia tasmanica'' W.M.Curtis (Tas.) *'' Olearia telmatica'' Heenan & de Lange – shell akeake, swamp akeake (N.Z.) *'' Olearia tenuifolia'' (DC.) Benth. – thin-leaf daisy-bush (N.S.W., A.C.T., Vic.) *'' Olearia teretifolia'' (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 ...

'' ( J.C.Wendl.) Benth. – toothed daisy-bush (N.S.W., Vic.) *'' Olearia towsonii'' Cheeseman – Coromandel tree daisy (N.Z.) *''

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 (taxonomy), synony ...

'' (F.Muell.) Hook.f. – hakapiri, Chatham Island akeake (N.Z.) *''

Olearia trifurcata ''Olearia trifurcata'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to the south of Western Australia. It is a dense, upright, tussock-like subshrub with narrowly triangular, grass-like leaves, and white and pale yello ...

'' Lander (W.A.) *'' Olearia tubuliflora'' (Sond. & F.Muell. ex Sond.) Benth. (S.A., Vic.) *'' Olearia velutina'' J.Kost (P.N.G.) *'' Olearia vernonioides'' C.T.White &

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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'' (Labill.) Benth. – sticky daisy-bush (Vic., Tas.) *''

Olearia xerophila ''Olearia xerophila'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic northern Australia. It is an erect subshrub with elliptic to broadly elliptic leaves and violet, blue or mauve and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences. ...

'' (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

{{Authority control Asteraceae genera Flora of the Australasian realm Taxa described in 1802 Taxa named by Conrad Moench