Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Cypress Daisy-Bush
Description
Family Compositae
The largest family of flowering plants , the Compositae (Asteraceae), comprising about 1,100 genera and more than 20,000 species and characterized by many small flowers arranged in a head looking like a single flower and subtended by an involucre of bracts. A head may consist of both ray flowers and disk flowers, as in the sunflower, of disk flowers only, as in the burdock, or of ray flowers only, as in the dandelion.
Physical Description
Habit: Evergreen .
Flowers: Bloom Period: March. • Flower Color: near white, white
Size/Age/Growth
Size: 36-48" tall.
Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 272 meters (0 to 892 feet).[1]
Biology
Growth
Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Light Shade.
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Plantae
()
- Haeckel, 1866
- Plants
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
()
- Cavalier-Smith, 1981
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
()
- Sinnott, 1935 ex Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Vascular Plants
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
()
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
()
- Brongniart, 1843
- Dicotyledons
- Subclass:
Asteridae
()
- Takhtajan, 1967
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
()
- Takhtajan Ex Reveal, 1992
- Order:
Asterales
()
- Lindley, 1833
- Family:
Compositae
()
- Giseke, 1792, nom. cons., nom. alt.
- Subfamily:
Asteroideae
()
- Tribe:
Astereae
()
- Subtribe:
Hinterhuberinae
()
- Genus:
Olearia
()
- Moench, 1802, nom. cons.
- Specific epithet:
teretifolia
- F.Muell.
- Botanical name: - Olearia teretifolia F.Muell.
- Specific epithet:
teretifolia
- F.Muell.
- Genus:
Olearia
(
- Subtribe:
Hinterhuberinae
(
- Tribe:
Astereae
(
- Subfamily:
Asteroideae
(
- Family:
Compositae
(
- Order:
Asterales
(
- Superorder:
Campanulanae
(
- Subclass:
Asteridae
(
- Class:
Magnoliopsida
(
- Subphylum:
Euphyllophytina
(
- Phylum:
Tracheophyta
(
- Subkingdom:
Viridaeplantae
(
- Kingdom:
Plantae
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Comment: Data Providers: Govaerts World Compositae Checklist
A-G,
IPNI. GCC LSID: urn
:lsid:compositae.org:names:B7B77C5E-0EF5-41C0-A71B-714F14857704
Last scrutiny: 20-Aug-09
Similar Species
Members of the genus Olearia
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 32 species, subspecies, varieties, forms, and cultivars in this genus:
O. algida (Alpine Daisy-Bush) · O. allomii (Daisy Bush) · O. arborescens (Common Tree Daisy) · O. argophylla (Musk Daisy-Bush) · O. asterotricha (Rough Daisy-Bush) · O. axillaris (Coast Daisy-Bush) · O. cheesmanii (Daisy Bush) · O. ciliata (Fringed Daisy-Bush) · O. elliptica (Sticky Daisy-Bush) · O. erubescens (Moth Daisy-Bush) · O. floribunda (Heath Daisy-Bush) · O. frostii (Bogong Daisy-Bush) · O. furfuracea (Akepiro) · O. glandulosa (Swamp Daisy-Bush) · O. glutinosa (Sticky Daisy-Bush) · O. ilicifolia (Mountain Holly) · O. ledifolia (Orites Mountain Daisy-Bush) · O. lirata (Showy Daisy-Bush) · O. macrodonta (Bush Daisy) · O. megalophylla (Large-Leaf Daisy-Bush) · O. minor (Satin Daisy-Bush) · O. muelleri (Mueller Daisy-Bush) · O. myrsinoides (Silky Daisy-Bush) · O. persoonioides (Geebung Daisy-Bush) · O. phlogopappa (Dusty Daisy-Bush) · O. ramulosa (Twiggy Daisy-Bush) · O. rugosa (Wrinkled Daisy-Bush) · O. speciosa (Netted Daisy-Bush) · O. stellulata (Starry Daisy-Bush) · O. teretifolia (Cypress Daisy-Bush) · O. tomentosa (Toothed Daisy-Bush) · O. viscosa (Viscid Daisy-Bush)
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Further Reading
- Inventory of seeds and plants imported / U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Plant Industry. Washington, D.C.: G.P.O., 1914-1924. url p. 36, p. 55.
- Pamphlets on silviculture. [1899- url p. 1585.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 13, 2012.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal December 06, 2007:
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5846335
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ast-7377
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 15179089
- Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:149875-3
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 757168
Footnotes
- Mean = 123.210 meters (404.232 feet), Standard Deviation = 95.870 based on 19 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
