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Prior names
Olearia floribunda var. floribunda
Etymology
Latin 'olearius' pertaining to oil, from 'olea' olive and 'flora' flower, 'bundum' plenty
Distribution and status
Found mainly in heath and shrub communities on sandy soils Native
Herbarium regions: Flinders Ranges, Eastern, Eyre Peninsula, Northern Lofty, Murray, Yorke Peninsula, Southern Lofty, South Eastern
NRM regions: Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges, Eyre Peninsula, Northern and Yorke, South Australian Arid Lands, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin, South East
AVH map: SA distribution map (external link)
Plant description
Erect spreading shrub 1-2 m high. Leaves alternate, crowded; lamina elliptic or ovate, 0.5�3 mm long, 0.3�1 mm wide, upper surface glabrous, lower surface grey-woolly. Capitula solitary, terminal, sessile, 8�13 mm diameter. Ray florets 3�7, white, disc florets 3�9, cream. Flowering July - February. Fruits are achenes compressed-terete, 1.5-2 mm long, striate, densely pubescent; pappus bristles 25-35, uniseriate, equal, 3 mm long.
Location | No. of seeds (weight grams) | Number of plants | Date collected | Collection number Collection location | Date stored | % Viability | Storage temperature |
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BGA MSB | 12,000 (8.7 g) 12,000 (8.7 g) | 70 | 9-May-2006 | TST1 South Eastern | 14-Sep-2006 | 15% | -18°C |