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Coast Daisy-bush

Coast Daisy-bush

Olearia axillaris

Family Asteraceae

Grey coastal shrub

About

A densely branched, silvery-grey shrub endemic to Australia's southern coastline, its woolly hairs and rolled leaf margins an adaptation to salt-laden coastal wind at exposed sites like Canunda's limestone cliffs.

How to spot it

Aromatic, narrow, grey-green leaves with rolled-under edges and a woolly underside. Small daisy flowerheads with a handful of white ray florets around a yellow centre, borne singly along the branches from December to May.

Found in

  • Canunda National Park

Source: Wikipedia

Photo: Max Campberll (CC BY 3.0) via Wikimedia Commons