Mueller's Daisy-bush
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Regional Species Conservation Assessments per IBRA subregion.
Least concern
Near threatened
Rare
Vulnerable
Endangered
Critically endangered
Extinct
Data deficient
Adelaide
Arkaroola
Ceduna
Coober Pedy
Hawker
Innamincka
Marla
Marree
Mount Gambier
Oodnadatta
Renmark
Wudinna
Keith
Yunta
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| Broughton (FLB02) | Flinders Lofty Block | Near Threatened (Probable Decline) [mallee habitat threatened] |
| Olary Spur (FLB03) | | Near Threatened (Probable Decline) [mallee habitat threatened] |
| Southern Flinders (FLB04) | | Near Threatened (Probable Decline) [mallee habitat threatened] |
| Northern Flinders (FLB05) | | Least Concern |
| Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Least Concern |
| Southern Yorke (EYB01) | Eyre Yorke Block | Near Threatened (Probable Decline) [mallee habitat threatened] |
| St Vincent (EYB02) | | Near Threatened (Probable Decline) [mallee habitat threatened] |
| Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Least Concern |
| Talia (EYB04) | | Least Concern |
| Eyre Mallee (EYB05) | | Least Concern |
| South Olary Plain (MDD01) | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern |
| Murray Mallee (MDD02) | | Least Concern |
| Lowan Mallee (MDD04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) (Probable Decline) [edge of range] |
| Braemer (MDD07) | | Near Threatened (Probable Decline) [mallee habitat threatened] |
| Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) (Probable Decline) [limited habitat] |
| Myall Plains (GAW01) | Gawler | Least Concern |
| Gawler Volcanics (GAW02) | | Least Concern |
| Gawler Lakes (GAW03) | | Least Concern |
| Kingoonya (GAW05) | | Least Concern |
| Commonwealth Hill (GAW08) | | Near Threatened [edge of range] |
| Maralinga (GVD03) | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern |
| Tallaringa (GVD05) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [outlier] |
| Yellabinna (GVD06) | | Least Concern |
| Nullarbor Plain (NUL02) | Nullarbor | Least Concern |
| Yalata (NUL03) | | Least Concern |
| Hampton (HAM01) | Hampton | Least Concern |
| 5 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern , Near Threatened |
| 5 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern , Near Threatened |
| 4 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern , Near Threatened , Rare |
| Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) (Probable Decline) [limited habitat] |
| 5 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Least Concern , Near Threatened |
| 3 of 4 subregions | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern , Rare |
| 2 of 3 subregions | Nullarbor | Least Concern |
| Hampton (HAM01) | Hampton | Least Concern |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock painting: 1
Prior names
Aster muelleri
Eurybia muelleri
Etymology
Latin 'olearius' pertaining to oil, from 'olea' olive and 'muelleri' after the Australian botanist Baron Ferdinand von Mueller (1825-1896)
Distribution and status
In mallee and woodland communities on loams and sandy soils
Herbarium regions: North Western, Nullarbor, Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula
NRM regions: Alinytjara Wilurara, Eyre Peninsula, Northern and Yorke, South Australian Arid Lands, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Plant description
Spreading shrub to 1.5m high. Leaves alternate, sessile, broadly cuneate or orbicular with a narrowed base, 6-14 mm long, 5-10 mm wide, glabrous. Capitula solitary, terminal, almost sessile 13�31 mm wide. Ray florets 7�13, white, disc florets 12�18, yellow. Flowering August - October. Fruits are achenes terete, 2-4 mm long, densely sericeous; pappus bristles 40-50, 5-9 mm long, subequal
| Location | No. of seeds
(weight grams) | Number
of plants | Date
collected | Collection number
Collection location | Date
stored | % Viability | Storage
temperature |
MSB |
1,600 (1.14 g) | | 3-Nov-2005 | DJD182
Eyre Peninsula | | | |
BGA
MSB | 11,750 (10.8 g)
11,750 (10.8 g) | 50+ | 28-Oct-2004 | MOL4687
Gairdner-Torrens | 31-Mar-2006 | 95% | -18°C |
BGA
MSB | 4,400 (5.35 g)
4,400 (5.35 g) | 40+ | 16-Oct-2007 | DJD902
Eyre Peninsula | 19-Sep-2008 | 70% | -18°C |
MSB |
3,200 (3.51 g) | 30 | 18-Sep-2009 | DJD1580
Gairdner-Torrens | | 75% | |
Location: BGA — the seeds are stored at the Adelaide Botanic Gardens, MSB — the seeds are stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Kew, England.
Number of plants: This is the number of plants from which the seeds were collected.
Collection location: The Herbarium of South Australia's region name.
% Viability: Percentage of filled healthy seeds determined by a cut test or x-ray.
Germination table:
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