Olearia albida var. angulata (Tanguru)
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Olearia
Species: O. angulata
Binomial name: Olearia albida var. angulata
Common name: Tanguru, Coastal bush daisy.
Olearia albida var angulata (Olearia angulata) is an evergreen shrub with angular, grooved branchlets clothed in a loose white tomentum (a covering of closely matted or fine hairs on a plant). This shrub can grow to 5 m high. It has rough, green, leathery, broad spear-shaped leaves are 7 - 10 cm long, with strongly wavy edges; white or pale yellow-green beneath. It has open clusters of white daisy flowers each about 7mm long appearing January to May.
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