Olearia axillaris

Coastal daisy-bush
Olearia axillaris flowers near Broulee
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Olearia
Species:
O. axillaris
Binomial name
Olearia axillaris
Synonyms
List
    • Aster axillaris (DC.) F.Muell.
    • Eurybia axillaris DC.
    • Eurybia axillaris DC. var. axillaris
    • Eurybia axillaris var. exaltata Steetz
    • Eurybia candidissima Steetz
    • Eurybia capitellata DC.
    • Eurybia linearifolia DC.
    • Eurybia oligantha DC.
    • Olearia axillaris F.Muell. nom. inval., pro syn.
    • Olearia axillaris (DC.) F.Muell. ex Benth. var. axillaris
    • Olearia axillaris var. linearis Benth.
    • Olearia axillaris var. normalis Benth. nom. inval.
    • Olearia axillaris var. obovata Benth.
    • Shawia axillaris (DC.) Sch.Bip.
    • Shawia axillaris (DC.) Sch.Bip. var. axillaris
    • Shawia axillaris var. exaltatum (Steetz) Sch.Bip.
    • Shawia candidissima (Steetz) Sch.Bip.
    • Shawia capitellata (DC.) Sch.Bip.
    • Shawia linearifolia (DC.) Sch.Bip.
    • Shawia oligantha (DC.) Sch.Bip.

Olearia axillaris, commonly known as coastal daisy-bush, coast daisy-bush or coastal daisybush is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae and is endemic to coastal areas of Australia. It is an erect, bushy shrub with densely cottony-hairy branchlets, aromatic, linear to narrowly elliptic or narrowly lance-shaped to egg-shaped leaves with the narrower end towards the base and small white and yellow, daisy-like inflorescences.