Velvet daisy bush

About the plant

This rare low spreading shrub is restricted in South Australia to the Southern Flinders Ranges north of Adelaide, renowned for their rugged landscape and unique flora.

Not yet evaluated

The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species uses a set of criteria to evaluate the extinction risk of the world’s species. The ongoing mission is to evaluate every plant species in the world.

IUCN Red List Status:

Not yet evaluated

Data deficient

Least concern

Near threatened

Vulnerable

Endangered

Critically endangered

Extinct in the wild

Extinct
Banked in the MSB

Seeds from this plant have been banked in Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, at Wakehurst in Sussex

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Facts

Small and scattered populations
Found on the upper ridges of the southern Flinders Ranges
Predominantly grows in sugar gum woodland
Large white daisy flowers
Threats include weeds, introduced herbivores and drought
Considered endangered in South Australia

*Olearia pannosa* subsp. *cardiophylla*
By Nathan Johnson via flickr, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

In Mount Remarkable National Park
© Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium (South Australia)

*Olearia pannosa* subsp. *cardiophylla* flowers
© Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium (South Australia)

New growth on firetrack, Mount Remarkable National Park
© Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium (South Australia)

On firetrack, Mount Remarkable National Park
© Botanic Gardens and State Herbarium (South Australia)

Distinguishing features

The ‘heart-shaped leaf’ (cardiophylla) is one way to distinguish between this and its more widespread cousin Olearia pannosa subsp. pannosa.

Heavy seeds

The limited distribution of O. pannosa subsp. cardiophylla is thought to be due, in part, to its relatively heavy seed not carrying far in the wind.

How to save a species

South Australian Seed Conservation Centre in Australia collected nearly 12,000 seeds in 2006 from a population in Mount Remarkable National Park. The seeds were dried and are now stored at subzero temperatures, half at Adelaide Botanic Gardens and half at the Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank at Wakehurst.

Slow-growing, but long-lived, some plants in the wild are over 100 years old

Not yet evaluated

The International Union for Conservation of Nature Red List of Threatened Species uses a set of criteria to evaluate the extinction risk of the world’s species. The ongoing mission is to evaluate every plant species in the world.

IUCN Red List Status:

Not yet evaluated

Data deficient

Least concern

Near threatened

Vulnerable

Endangered

Critically endangered

Extinct in the wild

Extinct
Banked in the MSB

Seeds from this plant have been banked in Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank, at Wakehurst in Sussex

Click on icon to reveal more

Slow-growing, but long-lived, some plants in the wild are over 100 years old

Where to find this plant

Temperate House

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Australia: Temperate Region

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