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Shawia chrysophylla

Shawia chrysophylla is a shrub from the Daisy family found in eastern Australian forests, growing up to about 3 m with felt-backed leaves and white and yellow daisy-like flower heads. It is a wild forest species with little horticultural history, so cultivation advice is limited.

Family
Asteraceae (Daisy family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Part shade
Water
Water regularly while establishing, then allow the top of the soil to dry slightly between waterings.
Soil
Well-drained, moist, humus-rich soil.
Temperature
10–25 °C; protect from frost.
How easy
Moderate
Native range
SE. Queensland to E. New South Wales
Climate
subtropical

About

Shawia chrysophylla is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to eastern Australia. It is a shrub with scattered elliptic leaves, and white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

Where it grows

Shawia chrysophylla grows in forest, usually at higher elevations, from south-east Queensland to the New England National Park in New South Wales, sometimes as far inland as Jenolan Caves and Bathurst.

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 Shawia chrysophylla 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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