Olearia algida, the alpine daisy-bush[2] is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with small, crowded, elliptic to narrow egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and heads of white and cream-coloured, daisy-like flowers.
Olearia algida is a bushy shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.7–1 m (2 ft 4 in – 3 ft 3 in) and has cottony-hairy young branchlets. The leaves are arranged alternately and crowded, elliptic to narrow egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, 1–3 mm (0.039–0.118 in) long and 0.5–1 mm (0.020–0.039 in) wide with the edges rolled under, the upper surface glabrous but the lower surface woolly-hairy. The daisy-like capitula are arranged singly on the ends of short side-branches and are 7–12 mm (0.28–0.47 in) in diameter. There are two to six white petal-like ray florets with ligules 2.5–5.5 mm (0.098–0.217 in) long, surrounding two to six yellow disc florets. Flowering mainly occurs from October to February and the cypselae are about 1.5 mm (0.059 in) long with bristles about 3 mm (0.12 in) long.[2][3][4][5]
Olearia algida was first formally described in 1956 by Norman Arthur Wakefield in The Victorian Naturalist from specimens collected by A.J. Tadgell on Mount Bogong in 1922.[6][7] The specific epithet (algida) is a Latin word meaning "cold".[8]
Alpine daisy-bush grows in heath, shrubland and grassland near swampy places in alpine and subalpine areas south from Mount Gingera in the Australian Capital Territory, through southern New South Wales to eastern Victoria and Tasmania.[2][3][5][9]
Olearia algida, the alpine daisy-bush is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to south-eastern Australia. It is a shrub with small, crowded, elliptic to narrow egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and heads of white and cream-coloured, daisy-like flowers.
Olearia algida es una especie de la familia de las asteráceas.
Es un arbusto que alcanza un tamaño de hasta 0,7 m de altura. Hojas alternas, abundantes, la lámina elíptica o angosto-obovados, de 1-3 mm de largo, 0.5-1 mm de ancho; el ápice acuminado o redondeado, sin mucrón, bordes enteros y revolutos, las superficies verdes discolorous, superficie superior glabra y la oscura, la superficie inferior gris lanosa; venación indistinta, sésiles o subsésiles. Las inflorescencias axilares, solitarias, sésiles, de 7-12 mm de diámetro. Lígulas 2-6, blancas. Disco flósculos 2-6, color crema. Los frutos son aquenios sedosos.[1]
Se encuentra en Nueva Gales del Sur, (Australia) en las landas y prados, cerca de zonas pantanosas y en altitudes más altas en terreno montañoso, al sur del Monte Gingera.
Olearia algida fue descrita por Norman Arthur Wakefield y publicado en Victorian Naturalist 73: 97 1956.[2][3][4]
Olearia algida es una especie de la familia de las asteráceas.
Olearia algida (Alpine Daisy-bush) adalah spesies tanaman berbunga dalam famili Asteraceae.[2] Ia merupakan jenis belukar dengan ketinggian hingga 1 meter dengan daun yang rimbun. Tanaman ini tumbuh di daerah rawa panas dan di daerah padang rumput bagian selatan kota New South Wales, Victoria, dan Tasmania.[2]
Olearia algida (Alpine Daisy-bush) adalah spesies tanaman berbunga dalam famili Asteraceae. Ia merupakan jenis belukar dengan ketinggian hingga 1 meter dengan daun yang rimbun. Tanaman ini tumbuh di daerah rawa panas dan di daerah padang rumput bagian selatan kota New South Wales, Victoria, dan Tasmania.
Olearia algida là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Cúc. Loài này được N.A.Wakef. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1956.[1]
Olearia algida là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Cúc. Loài này được N.A.Wakef. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 1956.
