Common Name

Limestone Daisy Bush, Lime Daisy Bush

Family

Asteraceae

Notes

Shrub to 1m tall.  Leaves alternating up the stems, 0.2-1.5cm long, 2-10mm wide, flat, hairless, sticky, margins toothed, tips blunt.  Flowers white, with a yellow centre, with 8-13 'petals'.  Flower heads bell-shaped, borne singly at the ends of the branches.  Rare Vic.

Short description in G.M. Cunningham, WE Mulham, PL Milthorpe and J H Leigh (1981 and later printings) Plants of Western New South Wales page 642.

PlantNET description with line drawings:   http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Olearia~calcarea

FloraBase photos:  http://florabase.dec.wa.gov.au/browse/photo/8129