Mueller's Daisy-bush
Leaves & Old Flower
Ellura
Mueller's Daisy-bush
Husk after Rain
 
                      
Mueller's Daisy-bush (Olearia muelleri)Class: Plants (Plantae) - Land Plants (Charophyta) - Land Plants (Equisetopsida)
Order: Sunflowers (Asterales)
Family: Daisy (Asteraceae)     iNaturalist Observation
Species: Mueller's Daisy-bush (Olearia muelleri)
This Photo:     Husk - Seeding - In Seed
Other name: Goldfield's Daisy

Thank you Ralph Foster & Dr Kym Nicolson for confirming the id of this species for us

General Species Information:
Found on Ellura (in the Murray Mallee, SA) and elsewhere
Small, round, green, succulent leaves. Small white flowers, yellow centres.
A dense bush with stems that go from stiff green to grey wood with age.

Similar Species: Crinkle-leaf Daisy-bush (Olearia calcarea)

Copyright © 2012-2024 Brett & Marie Smith. All Rights Reserved. Photographed 08-Nov-2012
This species is classed as LC (Least Concern) in the Murray Mallee, SA, by DENR (Regional Species Status Assessments, July 2010)