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Olearia rudis (Benth.) Benth.
Rough Daisybush

Reference
Fl.Austral. 3:487 (1867)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Aromatic, often glutinous shrub, 0.25-1(-1.3) m high. Fl. blue-purple/blue & yellow, Jul to Nov. Calcareous sandy or gravelly lateritic soils. Outcrops, breakaways, amongst rocks.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 May 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Geraldton Sandplains, Jarrah Forest, Mallee, Swan Coastal Plain, Warren.
IBRA Subregions
Dandaragan Plateau, Eastern Goldfield, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Lesueur Sandplain, Merredin, Northern Jarrah Forest, Perth, Southern Jarrah Forest, Warren, Western Mallee.
IMCRA Regions
Central West Coast, Leeuwin-Naturaliste.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Albany, Augusta Margaret River, Beverley, Brookton, Broomehill-Tambellup, Bruce Rock, Busselton, Cambridge, Carnamah, Chittering, Claremont, Cockburn, Coolgardie, Coorow, Corrigin, Cottesloe, Cranbrook, Cuballing, Cunderdin, Dandaragan, Gingin, Goomalling, Harvey, Irwin, Kellerberrin, Kent, Kwinana, Lake Grace, Mandurah, Merredin, Moora, Mosman Park, Narrogin, Perth, Pingelly, Quairading, Ravensthorpe, Rockingham, Serpentine-Jarrahdale, Three Springs, Toodyay, Victoria Plains, Wandering, Wanneroo, Waroona, West Arthur, Wickepin, Woodanilling, York.