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VicFlora Flora of Victoria

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Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
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Olearia
Olearia asterotricha
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Olearia asterotricha subsp. lobata

Messina

Australian Systematic Botany 27: 215 (2014)

Taxonomic status Accepted

Occurrence status Present

Establishment means Native

Degree of establishment Native

Sprawling shrubs. Leaves linear, oblong or obovate, 10–30(–35) mm long, 3–9 mm wide, margins flat or recurved, lobed. Capitula solitary or in clusters of 2 or 3(–5); peduncles 23–45 mm long; ligules mauve or blue. Flowers Oct.–Dec.

GleP, Brid, VVP, GipP, HSF, HNF. Occurs in moist forest and swampy heathland, generally at lower altitudes (up to c. 300 m alt.), in a few disjunct areas of southern Victoria (e.g. Portland area, Emerald, Gembrook and Tonimbuk), but generally uncommon.

Plants from the Portland area tend to have much shorter leaves than those from eastern Victoria.

Created by: Andre Messina, 26 Aug. 2016

Olearia asterotricha subsp. lobata (hero image)

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Olearia asterotricha subsp. lobata (distribution map)

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Olearia asterotricha (F.Muell.) Benth.

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Olearia asterotricha subsp. lobata Messina

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