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Olearia lehmanniana

Olearia lehmanniana is a small shrub from inland south-west Western Australia, grown for its pale mauve daisy-like flowers in late summer and autumn. It is a species of daisy bush that prefers well-drained, moist conditions.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun, Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then moderately; the source notes it likes moisture, but avoid waterlogging.
Soil
Well-drained sandy or loamy soil, tolerant of the sandy soils of its native range.
Temperature
Mild to warm conditions suited to a subtropical or Mediterranean climate; protect from hard frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
W. Western Australia
Climate
subtropical

About

Olearia lehmanniana is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to inland areas of the south-west of Western Australia. It is a shrub with scattered elliptic or linear leaves that are densely hairy on the lower surface, and pale mauve, daisy-like inflorescences.

Where it grows

Olearia lehmanniana grows in a variety of habitats including swamps, heath woodland and forest in the Avon Wheatbelt, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee and Swan Coastal Plain 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 lehmanniana 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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