Silky Daisy-bush

Shawia myrsinoides is a spreading shrub that typically grows to a height of 0.8–1.5 m (2 ft 7 in – 4 ft 11 in), its branchlets covered with whitish hairs. The leaves are arranged alternately, egg-shaped with the narrower end towards the base, to elliptic, 4–30 mm (0.16–1.18 in) long and 3–22 mm (0.12–0.87 in) wide with toothed edges. The upper surface of the leaves is dark green and glabrous, the lower side covered with whitish hairs. The heads or daisy-like "flowers" are arranged in leafy panicles in leaf axils and on the ends of branches on a peduncle up to 32 mm (1.3 in) long. The heads are 13–21 mm (0.51–0.83 in) wide with a conical involucre 4–6 mm (0.16–0.24 in) long. Each head has two to four white ray florets, the ligule 6–8 mm (0.24–0.31 in) long, surrounding three or four yellow or mauve disc florets. Flowering occurs from March to November and the fruit is a glabrous achene, the pappus 5–8 mm (0.20–0.31 in) long.

Shawia myrsinoides grows in forest, woodland, grassland, and swampy areas in eastern New South Wales, southern Victoria and Tasmania.

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