Scientific Name: Olearia ericoides Endemic Having a natural distribution confined to a particular geographic region

Common Name: heathy daisybush

Family Classification (Clade): Eudicots

Family: Asteraceae

Form Description: Sticky shrub with slender branches.

Height (m): 0.6 – 1

Flowers: Flower heads solitary. Florets often bluish, sometimes white, about 24 to a head.

Fruit: A hairy achene.

Municipality
Break O’DayCentral HighlandsClarenceDerwent ValleyGlamorgan-Spring BayGlenorchyHobartKentishKingboroughLatrobeMeander ValleySorellWest Tamar
Plant Communities
Dry Eucalypt Forest
Habitat Notes

Occasional on dry hillsides in the south and south-east. Tolerates most frosts and limited dry periods.

Site Tolerance

Dry, Moist

Soil Tolerance

Fertile, Loam, Well-drained

Frost Tolerance

Hardy

General Notes

Bird attracting. Resistant to Phytophthora cinnamomi.

Propagation Calendar

  • Flowering Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Seed Collecting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Sowing Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
  • Cutting Month
    Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Propagation Method
Seed, Cuttings

Seed Information

Seed Collection

When seed is mature the achenes loosen in the centre of the seed heads which appear fluffy. Collect entire seed heads into paper bags and allow to dry. Rub and sieve.

Seed Treatment Method

Surface Sow Sow seed finely on the surface of the potting mix and cover with just enough mix to hold the seed on the surface when watered.

Seed Storage Life

Short

Seed Treatment Notes

For best results fresh seed should be used. Seed should be surface sown or covered lightly. Little viable seed produced by some species. Has been used with some success for direct seeding.

Germination Time

2-5 weeks

Cutting & Division Information

Can be propagated from cuttings.