Sticky Daisy-Bush

Scientific Name:

Olearia glutinosa

Sticky Daisy-bush plant
Photo: A J Brown

Status:

Native to Tasmania and Victoria.

Plant Description:

Dense shrubby bush to 2 m tall. Stems are cylindrical in cross-section and leaves are crowded, narrow-linear and pointed, less than 3 mm wide and 1-3 cm long.

Flower-heads develop on the ends of branches. Flower ‘petals’ are white to somewhat pale bluish. Fruit are slightly softly hairy achenes.

Habitat:

Scattered along the coastline in sand dunes.

Comments:

The daisy-bushes are a large genus of native plants with almost 50 species and subspecies recorded for Victoria. Other coastal species include Coastal Daisy-bush (Olearia axillaris) and Twiggy Daisy-bush (Olearia ramulosa).

Stems and leaves of Sticky Daisy-bush
Photo: A J Brown

Leaves of Sticky Daisy-bush
Photo: A J Brown

Flowering Sticky Daisy-bush
Photo: A J Brown

Sticky Daisy-bush flowers
Flowers of Sticky Daisy-bush
Photo: A J Brown

Buds and leaves of Sticky Daisy-bush
Photo: A J Brown

Sticky Daisy-bush flowers
Sticky Daisy-bush flower
Photo: A J Brown

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