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Shawia laxiflora (Kirk) Saldivia & Nicol

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)

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Saldivia & Nicol
Kirk
(Kirk) Saldivia & Nicol
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. 2025: Reinstatement, broader circumscription, and infrageneric classification of Shawia (Astereae, Celmisiinae), a large woody genus endemic to Australasia. Phytoneuron 2025-49: 1–43 (online). (Published online: 11 September 2025)
2025
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ICN
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
species
Shawia laxiflora

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asterales
Compositae
Shawia
laxiflora

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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 virgata var. divaricata (Cockayne) Allan

Shrub up to 1 m. or more tall, with stiff divaricating quadrangular branchlets; lvs 1-1·5 cm. × c. 4 mm. including petiole c. 2 mm. long, linear-obovate to spathulate-cuneate, coriac., glab. above when mature, clad in ± dense ferruginous rather silky tomentum below; capitula solitary or in fascicles of 2-4, on slender pedicels c. 8 mm. long, clad in ferruginous tomentum; phyll. with ferruginous tomentum on back; florets c. 5-8; achenes with sparse hairs.
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Olearia virgata var. laxiflora (Kirk) Allan

Shrub up to 3 m. tall; with slender divaricating branchlets; lvs linear-obovate, 1-1·5 cm. × 3-4 mm., glab. or nearly so above when mature, below clad in rather silky ferruginous to whitish tomentum; capitula solitary or in fascicles of 2-4 on slender pubescent pedicels up to 2 cm. long; phyll. villous at tips; achenes 1-2 mm. long, pilose above; pappus-hairs 3-5 mm. long.

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Olearia divaricata Cockayne
Olearia divaricata Cockayne
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Olearia Moench
Olearia divaricata Cockayne
Olearia divaricata Cockayne
Heads, M. (1998)
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Olearia divaricata Cockayne
Olearia divaricata Cockayne
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia laxiflora (Kirk) Saldivia & Nicol
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Olearia Moench
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Heads, M. (1998)
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia laxiflora (Kirk) Saldivia & Nicol
Olearia virgata var. divaricata (Cockayne) Allan
Olearia virgata var. divaricata (Cockayne) Allan
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Olearia virgata (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Olearia virgata var. divaricata (Cockayne) Allan
Olearia virgata var. divaricata (Cockayne) Allan
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Olearia virgata var. divaricata (Cockayne) Allan
Olearia virgata var. divaricata (Cockayne) Allan
Heads, M. (1998)
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Olearia virgata var. divaricata (Cockayne) Allan
Olearia virgata var. divaricata (Cockayne) Allan
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia laxiflora (Kirk) Saldivia & Nicol
Olearia virgata var. laxiflora (Kirk) Allan
Olearia virgata var. laxiflora (Kirk) Allan
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Olearia virgata (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Olearia virgata var. laxiflora (Kirk) Allan
Olearia virgata var. laxiflora (Kirk) Allan
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Olearia virgata var. laxiflora (Kirk) Allan
Olearia virgata var. laxiflora (Kirk) Allan
Heads, M. (1998)
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Olearia virgata var. laxiflora (Kirk) Allan
Olearia virgata var. laxiflora (Kirk) Allan
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia laxiflora (Kirk) Saldivia & Nicol
Shawia laxiflora (Kirk) Saldivia & Nicol
Shawia laxiflora (Kirk) Saldivia & Nicol
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia laxiflora (Kirk) Saldivia & Nicol

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Olearia divaricata Cockayne
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Olearia laxiflora Kirk
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Olearia laxiflora Kirk
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Olearia laxiflora Kirk
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Olearia laxiflora Kirk
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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Olearia virgata var. divaricata (Cockayne) Allan
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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3 October 2025
5 January 2026
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