Olearia exiguifolia

Olearia exiguifolia is a plant in the Asteraceae family.[1] It was first described as Aster exiguifolius in 1865 by Ferdinand von Mueller.[1][4] In 1867 Mueller assigned it to the genus Olearia in George Bentham's Flora Australiensis.[1][2]

Olearia exiguifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Olearia
Species:
O. exiguifolia
Binomial name
Olearia exiguifolia
Synonyms[3]

Aster exiguifolius F.Muell.

It is native to Western Australia, but has been introduced to South Australia.[3]

Description

In Flora Australiensis, Mueller describes it as:

A much-branched shrub of 3 to 4 ft., closely resembling the smaller forms of 0. ramulosa, differing chiefly in the leaves, which are obovate-orbicular or broadly-cuneate, very obtuse and mostly 3-toothed, 1 to 2 lines long, narrowed into a short petiole. Flower-heads small, terminating short axillary branchlets. Florets, achenes, and pappus of 0. ramulosa.— Aster exiguifolius, F. Muell. 1.c
W. Australia. Sand hummocks. Eyre's Relief, Maxwell.[2]

References
  1. "Olearia exiguifolia". Australian Plant Name Index, IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government.
  2. George Bentham (1867). "LXII. Compositae". Flora Australiensis. 3: 478. Wikidata Q104155624.
  3. "Olearia exiguifolia (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  4. Mueller, F.J.H. von (1865). "Compositae". Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae. 5 (34): 67.


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