Alice Springs Desert Park

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Olearia ferresii is an erect, aromatic shrub, up to 1.5 metres high. Often found next to water courses, the shrub flowers appears between June to September (although the ones pictured here were flowering in March).

Has been sighted in the north west of South Australia, Western Australia and the Northern Territory.

Olearia ferresii, Alice Springs Desert Park, NT
Olearia ferresii, Alice Springs Desert Park, NT

  • Scientific classification
  • Kingdom: Plantae
  • Phylum: Charophyta
  • Class: Equisetopsida
  • Subclass: Magnoliidae
  • Superorder: Asteranae
  • Order: Asterales
  • Family: Asteraceae
  • Genus: Olearia
  • Species: Olearia ferresii

Footnote & References

  1. Olearia ferresii (F.Muell.) Benth., Atlas of Living Australia, https://bie.ala.org.au/species/https://id.biodiversity.org.au/node/apni/2911985

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