Showy Daisy-bush,
Pimelea 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
Display IBRA region text
| Fleurieu (KAN02) | Kanmantoo | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range] |
| Mount Lofty Ranges (FLB01) | Flinders Lofty Block | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) [edge of range] |
| Broughton (FLB02) | | Near Threatened (Probable Decline) |
| Olary Spur (FLB03) | | Least Concern |
| Southern Flinders (FLB04) | | Least Concern |
| Northern Flinders (FLB05) | | Least Concern |
| Central Flinders (FLB06) | | Least Concern |
| Southern Yorke (EYB01) | Eyre Yorke Block | Data Deficient |
| Eyre Hills (EYB03) | | Least Concern |
| Talia (EYB04) | | Rare (IUCN: RA d(i,ii)) |
| 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)) |
| Braemer (MDD07) | | Least Concern |
| Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Least Concern |
| Myall Plains (GAW01) | Gawler | Least Concern |
| Gawler Volcanics (GAW02) | | Least Concern |
| Gawler Lakes (GAW03) | | Least Concern |
| Yellabinna (GVD06) | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern |
| Bimbowrie (BHC05) | Broken Hill Complex | Least Concern |
| Fleurieu (KAN02) | Kanmantoo | Rare (IUCN: RA d(ii)) [edge of range] |
| 6 of 6 subregions | Flinders Lofty Block | Least Concern , Near Threatened , Rare |
| 4 of 5 subregions | Eyre Yorke Block | Least Concern , Rare , Data Deficient |
| 4 of 6 subregions | Murray Darling Depression | Least Concern , Rare |
| Murray Scroll Belt (RIV06) | Riverina | Least Concern |
| 3 of 8 subregions | Gawler | Least Concern |
| Yellabinna (GVD06) | Great Victoria Desert | Least Concern |
| Bimbowrie (BHC05) | Broken Hill Complex | Least Concern |
Botanical art
Kath Alcock paintings: 3
Prior names
Olearia pimeleoides ssp. pimeleoides
Eurybia pimeleoides
Common names
Showy Daisy-bush
Pimelea Daisy-bush
Etymology
Latin 'olearius' pertaining to oil, from 'olea' olive and Greek 'pimele' soft, fat
Distribution and status
Grows in open woodland, dry sclerophyll forest or tall shrubland on sandy or clay soils Native
Herbarium regions: Gairdner-Torrens, Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Plant description
Shrub to 2 m high. Leaves alternate, scattered; lamina elliptic or linear or obovate, 3–25 mm long, 1–6.5 mm wide. Capitula terminal, solitary, sessile or almost so, 13–37 mm wide. Ray florets 8–25, white, disc florets 14–49, pale yellow. Flowering June - September. Fruits are achenes silky; pappus with 39–65 bristles in 1–2 series
| Location | No. of seeds
(weight grams) | Number
of plants | Date
collected | Collection number
Collection location | Date
stored | % Viability | Storage
temperature | BGA
MSB | 4,800 (3.23 g)
4,800 (3.23 g) | 100 | 4-Nov-2005 | PJA101
Eyre Peninsula | 14-Sep-2006 | 40% | -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.
