About Olearia myrsinoides (Labill.) F.Muell.
Olearia myrsinoides (Labill.) F.Muell. is a spreading shrub that usually reaches a height between 0.8 and 1.5 meters (2 feet 7 inches to 4 feet 11 inches). Its branchlets are covered in whitish hairs. Leaves are arranged alternately along stems, with a shape ranging from egg-shaped (with the narrow end at the base) to elliptic. Each leaf measures 4–30 mm long and 3–22 mm wide, and has toothed edges. The upper leaf surface is dark green and glabrous, while the lower leaf surface is covered with whitish hairs.
Daisy-like flower heads of this species are arranged in leafy panicles, located in leaf axils and at the ends of branches. Each panicle sits on a peduncle up to 32 mm long. The individual heads are 13–21 mm wide, with a conical involucre that is 4–6 mm long. Each head holds 2 to 4 white ray florets, with a ligule 6–8 mm long, and 3 to 4 yellow or mauve disc florets surround the center of the head. Flowering takes place from March to November. The fruit produced is a glabrous achene, with a pappus that measures 5–8 mm long.
This species grows in forest, woodland, grassland, and swampy areas within eastern New South Wales, southern Victoria, and Tasmania.
