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Olearia subspicata (Hook.) Benth.
Spiked Daisy Bush

Reference
Fl.Austral. 3:478 (1867)
Conservation Code
Not threatened
Naturalised Status
Native to Western Australia
Name Status
Current

Erect, open shrub, 0.5-2(-3) m high. Fl. white & yellow, Jul to Dec or Jan to Feb. Red or yellow sandy soils. Sand dunes & sandplains.

Amanda Spooner, Descriptive Catalogue, 21 May 1997
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Distribution

IBRA Regions
Avon Wheatbelt, Central Ranges, Coolgardie, Esperance Plains, Gascoyne, Great Sandy Desert, Great Victoria Desert, Murchison, Yalgoo.
IBRA Subregions
Carnegie, Central, Eastern Goldfield, Eastern Murchison, Fitzgerald, Katanning, Mann-Musgrave Block, Merredin, Shield, Southern Cross, Tallering, Western Murchison.
Local Government Areas (LGAs)
Coolgardie, Dowerin, Dundas, Jerramungup, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Laverton, Meekatharra, Menzies, Murchison, Ngaanyatjarraku, Sandstone, Tammin, Victoria Plains, Wiluna, Yilgarn.