Olearia phlogopappa subsp. serrata

This subspecies is somewhat intermediate between subspecies flavescens and O. brevipedunculata, and usually occurs in close proximity with the subspecies flavescens. It is distinguished from subspecies flavescens by the shorter, regularly serrate leaves, and from O. brevipedunculata by the green, sparsely hairy upper leaf surface and capitula on long peduncles.

Plants that resemble this subspecies but have simple hairs on all surfaces also occur on the Baw Baw plateau. These are likely to be hybrids involving O. algida and O. phlogopappa.