Olearia algida

Olearia algida
Olearia algida, Mount Baw Baw, Victoria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Astereae
Genus:	Olearia
Species:	O. algida
Binomial name
Olearia algida N.A.Wakef. [1]

Olearia algida (Alpine Daisy-bush) is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.^[2] It is a shrub to 1 metre high with crowded leaves. These are dark green above and woolly underneath and have revolute edges.^[3][2] The flowerheads have 2 to 6 white ray florets.^[2] The species was first formally described in The Victorian Naturalist in 1956 by Norman Wakefield.^[1] It occurs near swampy areas within heath and grassland in high altitude areas of south-eastern New South Wales, Victoria, and Tasmania.^[2]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Olearia algida". 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+algida. Retrieved 2010-01-01. 
2. ^ ^{a b c d} "Olearia algida". 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~algida=. Retrieved 2010-01-01. 
3. ^ Corrick, M.G. and Fuhrer, B.A. (2001). Wildflowers of Victoria and adjoining areas. Australia: Bloomings Books. ISBN 1876473142.