Olearia hookeri
| Olearia hookeri | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Olearia |
| Species: | O. hookeri
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| Binomial name | |
| Olearia hookeri | |
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Olearia hookeri, commonly known as crimsontip daisybush,[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a sticky shrub with small, narrowly linear leaves and white to bluish-purple and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.
Description[edit]
Olearia hookeri is a sticky, glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of up to 2 m (6 ft 7 in). Its leaves are narrowly linear, 3–5 mm (0.12–0.20 in) long. The heads or daisy-like "flowers" are arranged singly on the ends of branchlets and are 20–25 mm (0.79–0.98 in) in diameter. Each head has eight to ten white to bluish-purple ray florets surrounding a slightly larger number of yellow disc florets. Flowering occurs from September to December and the fruit is a short, hairy achene, the pappus with bristles of different lengths.[2][3][4]
Taxonomy[edit]
The species was formally described in 1853 by Otto Wilhelm Sonder who gave it the name Eurybia hookeri in Linnaea: ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde, based on plant material collected by Charles Stuart.[5][6] In 1867, George Bentham changed the name to Olearia hookeri in Flora Australiensis.[4][7]
Distribution and habitat[edit]
Olearia hookeri grows on dry hills near Hobart and in shrubby woodland on the south and central-east coasts of Tasmania.[2]
Conservation status[edit]
This daisy bush is listed as "rare" under the Tasmanian Government Threatened Species Protection Act 1995.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Olearia hookeri". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Olearia hookeri". Tasmanian Government Department of Primary Industries, Parks, Water and the Environment. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ Jordan, Greg. "Olearia hookeri". University of Tasmania. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ a b Bentham, George (1867). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 3. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 483. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Eurybia hookeri". APNI. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ Sonder, Otto W. (1853). "Plantae Muellerianae. Beitrag zur Flora Sudaustraliens, aus den Sammlungen des Dr. Ferd. Muller". Linnaea: Ein Journal für die Botanik in ihrem ganzen Umfange, oder Beiträge zur Pflanzenkunde. 25: 463–464. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
- ^ "Olearia hookeri". APNI. Retrieved 26 April 2022.