Sticky Daisy-Bush

About

Olearia glutinosa, commonly known as sticky daisy-bush, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is an erect, bushy, glabrous shrub with linear leaves and mauve, pink or white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.

How to spot it

Olearia glutinosa is an erect, bushy, glabrous shrub that typically grows to a height of 2–3 m (6 ft 7 in – 9 ft 10 in) and has sticky branchlets and leaves. Its leaves are arranged alternately along the branchlets, linear, 18–40 mm (0.71–1.57 in) long and 1–2 mm (0.039–0.079 in) wide, with a prominent mid-rib on the lower surface. The heads or daisy-like "flowers" are arranged in corymbs on the ends of branches, and are 12–19 mm (0.47–0.75 in) in diameter on a peduncle up to 1 mm (0.039 in) lon

Documented on these trails

Found in

• Canunda National Park — Flinders Ranges & Outback SA hikes