About Olearia stellulata (Labill.) DC.
Olearia stellulata (Labill.) DC. is a shrub that typically reaches a maximum height of 2 meters (6 feet 7 inches). Its branchlets are densely covered in yellowish, star-shaped hairs. The leaves of this species are either lance-shaped or narrowly elliptic, measuring 30 to 75 millimeters (1.2 to 3.0 inches) long and 6 to 18 millimeters (0.24 to 0.71 inches) wide, with roughly 5 to 10 teeth along each edge. The upper surface of mature leaves is glabrous, while the lower surface is densely covered in the same yellowish, star-shaped hairs found on branchlets.
This plant produces daisy-like flower heads arranged in corymbs or panicles, borne on a peduncle 8 to 20 millimeters (0.31 to 0.79 inches) long. The flower heads measure 15 to 25 millimeters (0.59 to 0.98 inches) in diameter, and hold 8 to 15 white ray florets surrounding 8 to 15 yellow or mauve disc florets. The ligule of the ray florets is 6 to 10 millimeters (0.24 to 0.39 inches) long. Flowering occurs between November and January, and the fruit it produces is a ribbed achene, with a pappus of bristles that measure 3 to 4 millimeters (0.12 to 0.16 inches) long.
This species occurs in the Australian states of Victoria and Tasmania. In Victoria, it is apparently restricted only to the Chapple Vale area in the Shire of Colac Otway. In Tasmania, it is widespread and common in forests, and sometimes intergrades with Olearia lirata and Olearia phlogopappa.
