Plants of
South Australia
Olearia rudis
Asteraceae
Purple Daisy-bush,
Azure Daisy-bush
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Botanical art

Kath Alcock paintings: 2

Prior names

Olearia rudis var. glabriuscula

Eurybia scabra

Eurybia rudis

Aster exul

Common names

Purple Daisy-bush

Azure Daisy-bush

Etymology

Latin 'olearius' pertaining to oil, from 'olea' olive and 'rudis' coarse, unformed, crude

Distribution and status

In mallee and woodland communities often on red, calcareous sand Native
Herbarium regions: Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, Kangaroo Island
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Kangaroo Island, Northern and Yorke, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)

Plant description

Shrub or undershrub, to 1.3 m high. Leaves alternate, crowded; lamina elliptic, obovate or ovate, 15�120 mm long, 6�40 mm wide, scabrous to glabrous, green. Capitula terminal, solitary or compound corymbs of 2-8, 20�40 mm wide. Ray florets 39�75, pale blue or mauve or purple, disc florets 86�241, orange. Flowering June - October. Fruits are achenes terete, 2-3 mm long, deeply striate, glabrous or subglabrous; pappus bristles 30-40, 5 mm long, subequal.

Seed collection and propagation

Collect seeds between October and November.

Seeds stored:
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LocationNo. of seeds
(weight grams)
Number
of plants
Date
collected
Collection number
Collection location
Date
stored
% ViabilityStorage
temperature
 
MSB

3,400 (1.96 g)
1217-Oct-2006DJD591
Yorke Peninsula
BGA35,800 (22.45 g)50+20-Oct-2010DJD1906
Murray
1-Jan-2012100%-18°C
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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