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Shawia arborescens (G.Forst.) Raoul

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This record has collections
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This is indigenous

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)

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Raoul
G.Forst.
(G.Forst.) Raoul
Raoul, E. 1846: Choix de plantes de la Nouvelle-Zélande: recueillies et décrites. Fortin Masson, Paris.
1846
45
ICN
Solidago arborescens G.Forst.
species
Shawia arborescens

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asterales
Compositae
Shawia
arborescens

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is host of
Cheilolejeunea hamlinii Grolle
CHR (1 records from New Zealand.) Link to an external page

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing

Shrub or tree up to 4 m. tall; branchlets angular. Lvs ± 4-8 × ± 2-4 cm. including petiole up to 2 cm. long, broad- to elliptic-ovate, acute, subcoriac.; glab. above when mature, clad in thin appressed satiny tomentum below; margins distantly sinuate-dentate to subentire. Corymbs large, effuse; pedicels slender, pubescent. Capitula up to 7 mm. long, 1·5 cm. diam.; phyll. imbricate, oblong-elliptic, obtuse to subacute, outer pilose on back, inner glab. except at tips and on margins. Florets 15-20; ray-florets 7-10 with a short broad ray. Achenes narrow-linear, c. 2 mm. long, compressed, pilose, striate; pappus-hairs up to 5 mm. long.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing

2n = 108

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Aster populifolius (Colenso) Kuntze
Aster populifolius (Colenso) Kuntze
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia arborescens (G.Forst.) Raoul
Aster suborbiculatus (Colenso) Kuntze
Aster suborbiculatus (Colenso) Kuntze
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia arborescens (G.Forst.) Raoul
Eurybia alpina Lindl. & Paxton
Eurybia alpina Lindl. & Paxton
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Eurybia Cass.
Eurybia alpina Lindl. & Paxton
Eurybia alpina Lindl. & Paxton
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Eurybia alpina Lindl. & Paxton
Eurybia alpina Lindl. & Paxton
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia arborescens (G.Forst.) Raoul
Eurybia nitida Hook.f.
Eurybia nitida Hook.f.
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Eurybia Cass.
Eurybia nitida Hook.f.
Eurybia nitida Hook.f.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Eurybia nitida Hook.f.
Eurybia nitida Hook.f.
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia arborescens (G.Forst.) Raoul
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia Moench
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Olearia Moench
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia arborescens (G.Forst.) Raoul
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing var. arborescens
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing var. arborescens
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing var. arborescens
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing var. arborescens
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia arborescens (G.Forst.) Raoul
Olearia arborescens var. cordatifolia Kirk
Olearia arborescens var. cordatifolia Kirk
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia arborescens var. cordatifolia Kirk
Olearia arborescens var. cordatifolia Kirk
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia arborescens var. cordatifolia Kirk
Olearia arborescens var. cordatifolia Kirk
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia arborescens (G.Forst.) Raoul
Olearia erythropappa Colenso
Olearia erythropappa Colenso
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia Moench
Olearia erythropappa Colenso
Olearia erythropappa Colenso
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia erythropappa Colenso
Olearia erythropappa Colenso
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia arborescens (G.Forst.) Raoul
Olearia multiflora Colenso
Olearia multiflora Colenso
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia Moench
Olearia multiflora Colenso
Olearia multiflora Colenso
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia multiflora Colenso
Olearia multiflora Colenso
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia arborescens (G.Forst.) Raoul
Olearia nitida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Olearia nitida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia Moench
Olearia nitida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Olearia nitida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia nitida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Olearia nitida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia arborescens (G.Forst.) Raoul
Olearia populifolia Colenso
Olearia populifolia Colenso
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia Moench
Olearia populifolia Colenso
Olearia populifolia Colenso
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia populifolia Colenso
Olearia populifolia Colenso
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia arborescens (G.Forst.) Raoul
Olearia suborbiculata Colenso
Olearia suborbiculata Colenso
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia Moench
Olearia suborbiculata Colenso
Olearia suborbiculata Colenso
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Olearia suborbiculata Colenso
Olearia suborbiculata Colenso
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia arborescens (G.Forst.) Raoul
Shawia arborescens (G.Forst.) Raoul
Shawia arborescens Raoul
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Shawia J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Shawia arborescens (G.Forst.) Raoul
Shawia arborescens Raoul
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Shawia arborescens (G.Forst.) Raoul
Shawia arborescens Raoul
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia arborescens (G.Forst.) Raoul
Solidago arborescens G.Forst.
Solidago arborescens G.Forst.
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Solidago L.
Solidago arborescens G.Forst.
Solidago arborescens G.Forst.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Solidago arborescens G.Forst.
Solidago arborescens G.Forst.
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia arborescens (G.Forst.) Raoul
Steiractis aborescens (G.Forst.) DC.
Steiractis aborescens DC.
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Steiractis DC.
Steiractis aborescens (G.Forst.) DC.
Steiractis aborescens DC.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
Steiractis aborescens (G.Forst.) DC.
Steiractis aborescens DC.
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia arborescens (G.Forst.) Raoul

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Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
41 Link to an external page
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
9 Link to an external page
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
3 Link to an external page
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
8 Link to an external page
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
57 Link to an external page
Olearia arborescens (G.Forst.) Cockayne & Laing
New Zealand
Westland Land District
27 Link to an external page
Olearia nitida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
1 Link to an external page

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31ae3924-0b6d-48a2-a462-a32b497cbf41
scientific name
Names_Plants
12 May 2006
5 January 2026
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