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Olearia astroloba
Olearia astroloba is a small, greyish shrub, up to about 0.5 m tall, with daisy-like mauve flowers, found only in one restricted gully in East Gippsland, Victoria. It needs a well-drained spot in full sun or part shade and tolerates drought and moderate frost.
Olearia astroloba, commonly known as marble daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to a restricted area of Victoria in Australia. It is a greyish shrub with sessile, spatula-shaped leaves and mauve or violet and purple, daisy-like inflorescences.
The species prefer a well-drained position in full sun or part shade. It is able to withstand drought and moderate frost. Pruning promotes new growth and increased flowering. Propagation is by cuttings or seed, though a large percentage of the latter is often non-viable.
Marble daisy-bush is restricted to Marble Gully, near Mount Tambo in East Gippsland, Victoria. It grows on skeletal soils on steep north-facing slopes at an altitude of about 600 m (2,000 ft) near the headwaters of the Tambo River. Associated plant species are Allocasuarina verticillata, Eucalyptus nortonii, Pomaderris oraria subsp. calcicola, Ozothamnus adnatus and Themeda triandra.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Olearia astroloba by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
