''Olearia tenuifolia'', commonly known as the thin-leaf daisy-bush, is a small shrub that is

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to the south-east of continental Australia and has narrow leaves and clusters of blue, deep mauve to purple flowers.

Description

''Olearia tenuifolia'' is a shrub to high with scattered leaves arranged alternately along the stem. The leaves are linear shaped, long, wide, pointed at the apex, margins smooth or toothed and distinctly rolled under, both surfaces glandular. The flowers are mauve, purple or blue with a yellow disc floret, borne singly or in loose clusters at the end of branches on a peduncle long. Flowering may occur anytime throughout the year and the fruit is a dry, silky

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Taxonomy and naming

''Olearia tenuifolia'' was first formally described in 1867 by

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and the description was published in ''

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''. The

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''(tenuifolia)'' means "slender".

Distribution and habitat

Thin-leaf daisy-bush grows in New South Wales in woodland, mallee and sclerophyll forests mostly in rocky locations south of

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and west of

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. In Victoria it is considered rare and grows in rocky, dry locations in the Licola Creek and Valencia Creek area, and the upper Buchan River valley and Pine Mountain district.

References

{{Taxonbar, from1=Q15589823 Flora of New South Wales tenuifolia Flora of Victoria (state) Plants described in 1867 Taxa named by George Bentham