Shawia laxiflora (Kirk) Saldivia & Nicol
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Shawia laxiflora (Kirk) Saldivia & Nicol, Phytoneuron 2025-49: 24 (2025)
Shawia laxiflora (Kirk) Saldivia & Nicol
Biostatus
Nomenclature
Saldivia & Nicol
Kirk
(Kirk) Saldivia & Nicol
2025
24
ICN
species
Shawia laxiflora
Classification
Synonyms
Descriptions
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.
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.
Taxonomic concepts
Olearia divaricata Cockayne
Olearia divaricata Cockayne
Shawia laxiflora (Kirk) Saldivia & Nicol
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Olearia laxiflora Kirk
Shawia laxiflora (Kirk) Saldivia & Nicol
Olearia virgata var. divaricata (Cockayne) Allan
Olearia virgata var. divaricata (Cockayne) Allan
Olearia virgata var. divaricata (Cockayne) Allan
Olearia virgata var. divaricata (Cockayne) Allan
Shawia laxiflora (Kirk) Saldivia & Nicol
Olearia virgata var. laxiflora (Kirk) Allan
Olearia virgata var. laxiflora (Kirk) Allan
Olearia virgata var. laxiflora (Kirk) Allan
Olearia virgata var. laxiflora (Kirk) Allan
Shawia laxiflora (Kirk) Saldivia & Nicol
Shawia laxiflora (Kirk) Saldivia & Nicol
Shawia laxiflora (Kirk) Saldivia & Nicol
Shawia laxiflora (Kirk) Saldivia & Nicol
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scientific name
Names_Plants
3 October 2025
5 January 2026