Olearia persoonioides
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Olearia |
| Species: | O. persoonioides
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| Olearia persoonioides | |
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Olearia persoonioides is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to Tasmania. It is a bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of 1.0–1.5 m (3 ft 3 in – 4 ft 11 in). Its leaves are arranged alternately, oblong or egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, and 19–38 mm (0.75–1.50 in) long. They are shiny green on the upper surface and covered with silvery hairs on the lower side. The heads or daisy-like "flowers" are arranged in leafy panicles with 3 to 8 white ray florets surrounding 10 to 12 disc florets. Flowering occurs in January.[2][3][4]
It was first formally described in 1836 by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle who gave it the name Eurybia persoonioides in his Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis from specimens collected by Allan Cunningham.[5][6] In 1867, George Bentham changed the name to Olearia persoonioides in Flora Australiensis.[7]
Olearia persoonioides grows in wet forest in Tasmania.[2][4]
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Olearia persoonioides". Australian Plant Census. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b Rodway, Leonard (1903). The Tasmanian Flora. Hobart: Tasmanian Government Printer. p. 74. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Bentham, George; von Mueller, Ferdinand (1867). Flora Australiensis. Vol. 3. London: Lovell Reeve & Co. p. 471. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ a b Jordan, Greg. "Olearia persoonioides". University of Tasmania. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Eurybia persoonioides". APNI. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ de Candolle, Augustin P. (1836). Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Vol. 5. Paris. p. 267. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "Olearia persoonioides". APNI. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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