- Olearia phlogopappa
Key to the subspecies of Olearia phlogopappa
1Leaves thin-textured, narrow-lanceolate to narrow-linear, more than seven times as long as wide, with numerous sessile glands on both surfaces; margins entire; west of MelbourneOlearia phlogopappa subsp. salicina 1Leaves moderately to thickly textured, shape various, glands present or absent, usually less than seven times as long as wide or leaves lobed if more than seven times as long as wide; coastal to alpine areas in eastern Victoria2 2Leaves lanceolate to ovate (widest below the middle); sessile glands usually clearly visible on the lower leaf surface; margins usually crenate; montane and foothill forestOlearia phlogopappa subsp. continentalis 2Leaves thick-textured, oblong to obovate (widest at or above the middle), rarely ovate or lanceolate; sessile glands absent or completely obscured by dense hair on the lower leaf surface; margins entire, subentire or crenulate, rarely serrate; subalpine, alpine and coastal areas3 3Leaves shallowly lobed or entire, or if serrate then leaves more than 2.5 cm long; petiole 2–5(–8) mm long; alpine subalpine or coastal areas4 4Leaves crenulate to crenate or serrate; capitula usually in panicles; coastal areas5 5Leaves obovate, oblong or narrow elliptic, 3–10(–15) ; upper surface usually retaining a moderate cover of stellate hair; lower surface usually cream-coloured below (sometimes yellowish when young); generally in deep sands on coastal dunesOlearia phlogopappa subsp. insularis Modified from: Messina, A.; Walsh, N.G.; Hoebee, S.E.; Green, P.T. (2013). A morphological assessment of the Olearia phlogopappa complex (Asteraceae: Astereae).. Australian Systematic Botany 26: 31-81.
