About Olearia megalophylla (F.Muell.) F.Muell.
Olearia megalophylla, commonly known as large-leaf daisy bush, is a spreading shrub that typically reaches a maximum height of 2 meters (6 feet 7 inches). Its branchlets are covered in felt-like, Y-shaped hairs. The leaves are egg-shaped to elliptic, measuring 20 to 130 millimeters (0.79 to 5.12 inches) long and 6 to 35 millimeters (0.24 to 1.38 inches) wide, borne on a petiole that can grow up to 30 millimeters (1.2 inches) long. The upper surface of the leaves is dark green and hairless, while the lower surface is densely covered in hairs matching those found on the branchlets. The daisy-like flower heads are arranged in corymbs at the ends of branchlets, with a diameter of 20 to 35 millimeters (0.79 to 1.38 inches) and growing on a peduncle 20 to 60 millimeters (0.79 to 2.36 inches) long. Each flower head holds five to nine white ray florets, with a ligule 8 to 14 millimeters (0.31 to 0.55 inches) long, surrounding nine to fourteen yellow disc florets. Flowering takes place from December to March, and the fruit is a more or less hairless achene, with a pappus that has 51 to 80 bristles arranged in two rows. This species grows in forest and woodland habitats, on the slopes and tablelands extending south from near Orange, New South Wales to near Lake Mountain in eastern Victoria.
