Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing

Species

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae > Olearia

Characteristics

Shrub or tree up to 4 m. tall; branchlets angular. Lvs ± 4-8 × ± 2-4 cm. including petiole up to 2 cm. long, broad-to elliptic-ovate, acute, subcoriac.; glab. above when mature, clad in thin appressed satiny tomentum below; margins distantly sinuate-dentate to subentire. Corymbs large, effuse; pedicels slender, pubescent. Capitula up to 7 mm. long, 1·5 cm. diam.; phyll. imbricate, oblong-elliptic, obtuse to subacute, outer pilose on back, inner glab. except at tips and on margins. Florets 15-20; ray-florets 7-10 with a short broad ray. Achenes narrow-linear, c. 2 mm. long, compressed, pilose, striate; pappus-hairs up to 5 mm. long.
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Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 2.5 - 3.75
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Flower color
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Environment

Light 7-9
Soil humidity 3-7
Soil texture 3-4
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-8

Usage

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Cultivation

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Germination duration (days) 30 - 60
Germination temperacture (C°) 18 - 21
Germination luminosity light
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Minimum temperature (C°) -12
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Images

Olearia arborescens unspecified picture

Distribution

Olearia arborescens world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:234765-1
WFO ID wfo-0000049028
COL ID 493SB
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID -
Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Olearia suborbiculata Olearia nitida Olearia populifolia Steiractis arborescens Eurybia nitida Aster arborescens Aster populifolius Aster suborbiculatus Eurybia alpina Dectis arborescens Olearia multiflora Olearia erythropappa Shawia arborescens Shawia arborescens Olearia arborescens Solidago arborescens Olearia arborescens var. cordatifolia Olearia nitida var. nitida Olearia arborescens var. arborescens Olearia arborescens