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Olearia elaeophila

Olearia elaeophila is a small, woolly-stemmed shrub from south-west Western Australia, growing up to about 50 cm, with daisy-like flowers in autumn. It is a native of winter-wet heath and woodland, so it needs moist, well-drained conditions and is rarely grown outside its native region.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Keep soil moist during establishment and in the cooler months, and avoid waterlogging in summer.
Soil
Well-drained, slightly acidic sandy or loamy soil.
Temperature
10–30 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SW. Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Olearia elaeophila is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to the south-west of Western Australia. It is a small shrub with scattered linear leaves, and white or blue and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

Where it grows

Olearia elaeophila grows in sedge, heath, shrubland, woodland and forest in winter-wet places in the Avon Wheatbelt, Jarrah Forest, Swan Coastal Plain and Warren biogeographic regions of south-western Western Australia.

Other Olearia plants

Olearia adenocarpa · Olearia adenolasia · Olearia aglossa · Alpine Daisy Bush · Daisy bush · Olearia alpicola · Olearia angulata · Olearia archeri · Olearia arguta · Olearia arida · Rough Daisy Bush · Marble Daisy Bush

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Olearia elaeophila 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.

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