Olearia megalophylla

Olearia megalophylla
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae
Genus:	Olearia
Species:	O. megalophylla
Binomial name
Olearia megalophylla (F.Muell.) F.Muell. ex Benth.[1]
Synonyms
Aster megalophyllus (F.Muell.) F.Muell. Eurybia megalophylla F.Muell.

Olearia megalophylla (Large-leaf Daisy Bush) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.^[2] It is a shrub to 2 metre high with scattered leaves. These are dark green above and woolly underneath and are 20 to 120 mm long and 6 to 28 mm wide.^[2] The flowerheads have 5 to 9 white ray florets and 9 to 14 yellow disc florets.^[2] The species was first formally described by Ferdinand von Mueller in Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania in 1859, and named Eurybia megalophylla. In 1865 he placed the species in the genus Aster and finally in Olearia in 1867.^[1] It occurs in moist sclerophyll forest in south-eastern New South Wales and Victoria.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Olearia megalophylla". Australian Plant Name Index (APNI), IBIS database. Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, Australian Government, Canberra. http://www.anbg.gov.au/cgi-bin/apni?TAXON_NAME=Olearia+megalophylla. Retrieved 2010-01-01. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} "Olearia megalophylla". PlantNET - New South Wales Flora Online. Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust, Sydney Australia. http://plantnet.rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/NSWfl.pl?page=nswfl&lvl=sp&name=Olearia~megalophylla=. Retrieved 2010-01-06.