Silky Daisy-bush - native (Olearia myrsinoides)

Family: Asteraceae (Daisy family).

Native.

Occurrence: Rare. Recorded for Fryers Ridge at Elphinstone and at Lauriston.

Identification:

• it is a shrub to about a metre high
• the leaves are oval and toothed
• the leaves are dark green above and felted-white below
• the flowers have only a few (often 2) large ray-florets, appearing as a two-petalled daisy.

The few large petals make this an easily recognised daisy.