About Olearia grandiflora Hook.
Olearia grandiflora Hook. is a shrub that typically reaches 30 to 90 centimeters (12 to 35 inches) in height. It produces many stems and forms suckers. Its leaves are egg-shaped, measuring 40 to 100 millimeters (1.6 to 3.9 inches) long and 20 to 60 millimeters (0.79 to 2.36 inches) wide, attached by a short petiole. The upper surface of the leaves is hairless, shiny, and smooth, while the lower leaf surface is covered in white or rust-colored, woolly hairs. Daisy-like flower heads are arranged singly at the ends of branchlets. These heads measure 60 to 70 millimeters (2.4 to 2.8 inches) in diameter, borne on a thick peduncle that grows 120 to 350 millimeters (4.7 to 13.8 inches) long. Each flower head contains 12 to 25 ray florets, with white, oblong ligules 20 to 30 millimeters (0.79 to 1.18 inches) long, that surround 35 to 50 yellow disc florets. Flowering takes place in November and December. The fruit is a cylindrical achene 5 to 6 millimeters (0.20 to 0.24 inches) long, with a pappus made of 50 to 75 bristles. This species grows in forest and woodland habitats in the Mount Lofty Ranges region of South Australia.
