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TWIGGY DAISY BUSH FACTS |
Map is from The Atlas of Living Australia web site, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia License
Common Name
Twiggy Daisy Bush
Description
The Twiggy Daisy Bush is an erect shrub to 1.6 m tall with scattered to crowded leaves 2-8 mm long and 0.8-2.5 mm wide with a rounded apex. Underside of leaves grey-woolly.
Flower-heads on the ends of side branches or in the angles between stems and leaves. Composite flowers white, pale blue to mauve outer 'petals'(ray florets) with yellow centres (disk florets). Fruit an achene.
Habitat
along the coastline in sand dunes but also found in woodland
Distribution
Twiggy Daisy Bush is found in New South Wales, Victoria., south east of South Australia, Tasmania.
Growth Characteristics
Height (m): 1 - 1.5
Spread (m): 1 - 2
Soil Texture: sand, loam, clay
Soil pH: soils with pH less than 8
Frost Sensitivity: moderately sensitive
Minimum Rainfall (mm): 500
Flower Colour: white, pink
Flower Season: spring, summer
(source: SA State Flora Catalog)
Wildlife Interest
birds insect-eaters
Classification
| Class: | Magnoliopsida | | Order: | Asterales | | Family: | Asteraceae | | Genus: | Olearia | | Species: | ramulosa | | Common Name: | Twiggy Daisy Bush |
Relatives in same Genus
Olearia axillaris
Olearia stuartii
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