Common Name: Twiggy Daisy-bush
Botanical Name: Olearia ramulosa
Family: COMPOSITAE
Description:
Variable, often spindly shrub, to 1.5 m high, with cottony stems and foliage. Aromatic (when crushed), narrow, linear, sessile, crowded along branchlets, 0.5-1.5 cm long by 0.1-0.2 cm wide, white hairy underneath with distinct mid vein, commonly with rolled-over margins. Small, white (or pink to pale blue), daisy-like flowers, in leaf axils along branchlets. Most of the year, commonly September to May. Small, seed (1 mm long), whitish bristles attached (3 mm long).
Variable, often spindly shrub, to 1.5 m high, with cottony stems and foliage. Aromatic (when crushed), narrow, linear, sessile, crowded along branchlets, 0.5-1.5 cm long by 0.1-0.2 cm wide, white hairy underneath with distinct mid vein, commonly with rolled-over margins. Small, white (or pink to pale blue), daisy-like flowers, in leaf axils along branchlets. Most of the year, commonly September to May. Small, seed (1 mm long), whitish bristles attached (3 mm long).
Natural Distribution:
Widely distributed throughout mallee, woodlands and coastal scrub in most agricultural districts of SA (absent from Murray region). Also occurs in WA, Qld, NSW, Vic and Tas.
Widely distributed throughout mallee, woodlands and coastal scrub in most agricultural districts of SA (absent from Murray region). Also occurs in WA, Qld, NSW, Vic and Tas.
Notes:
Curry-scented leaves when crushed. Commonly propagated from cuttings.
Curry-scented leaves when crushed. Commonly propagated from cuttings.
