Olearia argophylla

• Overview
• Interesting Facts
• Common Names
• Description
• Biology
• Taxonomy
• Similar Species
• More Info
• Further Reading
• Notes

Overview

Interesting Facts

Common Names

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

Biology

Growth

Sunlight: Sun Exposure: Partial to Full Shade.

Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Comment: Data Providers: New Zealand Plant Name Database, Govaerts World Compositae Checklist A-G, IPNI, Australian Capital Territory Census. GCC LSID: urn :lsid:compositae.org:names:45094088-631A-48CB-8198-3074344F7149

Last scrutiny: 21-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

• A manual of poisonous plants, chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations, by L.H. Pammel Cedar Rapids, Ia., The Torch press, 1911. url p. 755, p. 956.
• A manual of poisonous plants: chiefly of eastern North America, with brief notes on economic and medicinal plants, and numerous illustrations / by L. H. Pammel. 1911 Cedar Rapids, Ia.: The Torch Press, 1910-11. url p. 755, p. 956.
• Botany for high schools and colleges. New York: H. Holt, 1885. url .
• Botany. New York, Holt, 1889. url p. 516.
• Cabinet timbers of Australia. By R. T. Baker. Sydney: W.A. Gullick, government printer, 1913. url p. 125.
• Cabinet timbers of Australia. SydneyW.A. Gullick, Govt. Printer1913 url , , p. 125, p. 126.
• Commercial botany of the nineteenth century. A record of progress in the utilisation of vegetable products in the United Kingdom, and the introduction of economic plants into the British colonies, during the present century. London [etc.]Cassell & Company, Limited, 1890. url .
• Compositae newsletter. Columbus, Ohio: Dept. of Botany, Ohio State University, 1975- url p. 17.
• Descriptive catalogue of the nests & eggs of birds found breeding in Australia and Tasmania. Sydney, F. W. White, Printer.1889. url , .
• Ibis. [London]Published for the British Ornithologists' Union by Academic Press. url p. 279.
• Irish gardening. Dublin: Pub. Office, 1906-1922 url p. 137, p. 138.
• Journal of the Royal Institution of Cornwall. Truro, Eng., Workers of Cornwall Ltd. url p. 320, p. 332, p. 334.
• Nature. London, Macmillan. url p. 53.
• Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania. Hobart, Tasmania, The Society. url p. 131, p. 56.
• Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. Washington, etc.: Entomological Society of Washington url p. 604.
• Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. Sydney, Linnean Society of New South Wales. url , p. 1155, p. 21, p. 49, p. 51, p. 55, p. 56, p. 587, p. 590, p. 91.
• Records of the Australian Museum. Sydney: Printed by order of the Trustees, 1890- url p. 89.
• Report on the scientific results of the voyage of H.M.S. Challenger during the years 1873-76: under the command of Captain George S. Nares, R.N., F.R.S. and Captain Frank Turle Thomson, R.N. / prepared under the superintendence of Sir C. Wyville Thomson. Edinburgh: Neill, 1880-1895. url p. 24.
• Some wild flowers of Tasmania. Illustrations from photographs by Olive Barnard. Hobart: J. Vail, 1922. url .
• The Garden: an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. London: [s.n., url p. 12, p. 16, p. 18, p. 334, p. 586.
• The Gardeners' chronicle: a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects. London: [Gardeners Chronicle], 1874-1955. url p. 111, p. 152, p. 186, p. 234, p. 24, p. 304, p. 362, p. 59, p. 74.
• The Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen. London: George W. Johnson and Robert Hogg, 1861-1877. url p. 133.
• The Victorian naturalist. [Melbourne]Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. url p. 113, p. 145, p. 147.
• The book of hardy flowers; a simple and complete descriptive guide to the cultivation in gardens of the trees and shrubs, perennial and annual flowers, that are hardy, or are suitable for planting out-of-doors in summer in temp Ed. by H. H. Thomas. .. Beautifully illustrated with thirty-two direct color photographs by H. Essenhigh Corke and sixty-four half-tone plates. 1915 New York, Funk & Wagnalls company; [etc., etc.][1915] url p. 310, p. 486.
• The elements of botany embracing organography, histology, vegetable physiology, systematic botany and economic botany. .. together with a complete glossary of botanical terms Philadelphia, J. E. Potter and Company[c1883] url .
• The identification of trees & shrubs; how to recognize, without previous knowledge of botany, wild or garden trees and shrubs native to the north temperate zone, with 2, 500 diagrams made by the author. New York, Dutton[1937] url p. 111, p. 230.
• The rusts of Australia their structure, nature and classification / by D. McAlpine. Melbourne: Robt. S. Brain, government printer1906. url p. 440, p. 445.
• The rusts of Australia, their structure, nature, and classification. Melbourne, Brain, 1906. url p. 334, p. 339.
• The useful native plants of Australia, (including Tasmania) by J. H. Maiden. Sydney, Turner and Henderson, 1889. url p. 299, p. 580, p. 688.
• Timber and timber trees, native and foreign. London, MacMillan, 1894. url , p. 255.
• Timber. LondonConstable1908 url p. 345.
• Timbers and their uses; a handbook for woodworkers, merchants, and all interested in the conversion and use of timber, London, E. P. Dutton & Co., 1919. url , .

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 February 16, 2008:

• Australian National Herbarium
• , Australian National Herbarium

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 5846249
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: Ast-7268
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility Taxonkey: 13743275
• Globally Unique Identifier: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:143603-3
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 757149

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