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Olearia muricata (Steetz) Benth.
Rough-leaved Daisy Bush

Reference
Fl.Austral. 3:484-485 (1867)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect shrub, 0.2-1 m high. Fl. blue-purple-pink/white & yellow, Jan to Jul or Sep or Nov to Dec. White or yellow sand, sandy soils over laterite or granite, rocky loam. Sandplains, coastal slopes, granite outcrops, near creeks & rivers.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 20 May 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Eastern Mallee, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Recherche, Southern Cross, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
WA South Coast.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Beverley, Chittering, Coolgardie, Coorow, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Cunderdin, Dowerin, Dundas, Esperance, Gnowangerup, Greater Geraldton, Jerramungup, Kent, Kojonup, Kondinin, Lake Grace, Nannup, Northam, Plantagenet, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Tammin, Wongan-Ballidu, Yilgarn.