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Sticky Daisy Bush

Phaseolaster elliptica

Sticky Daisy Bush
Photo: Geoff Derrin, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade
Native range
E. Australia
Climate
seasonally dry tropical

About

Phaseolaster elliptica, commonly known as the sticky daisy bush, is a shrub in the family Asteraceae and is native to New South Wales and Queensland in eastern Australia. It has scattered, sticky leaves and white flowers in summer and autumn.

How to grow it

Sticky daisy bush adapts readily to cultivation, preferring acidic soils in part shade or sun.

Where it grows

The species occurs from Berry northwards along central and eastern New South Wales to the Queensland border. It is found in areas of annual rainfall of over 900 mm in the Sydney Basin.

Other Phaseolaster plants

Phaseolaster praetermissa · Phaseolaster

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phaseolaster elliptica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

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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