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Pleurophyllum angustifolia (Hook.f.) Heenan

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Heenan
Hook.f.
(Hook.f.) Heenan
Heenan, P.B. 2026: A critique of the taxonomy of subtribe Celmisiinae (Asteraceae: Tribe Astereae) with new combinations in Pleurophyllum Hook.f. sens. lat. and Shawia hesperia (Heenan & Molloy) Heenan comb. nov. New Zealand Journal of Botany: 1–22 (online) https://doi.org/10.1002/nzb2.70161.
2026
17 (online)
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Olearia angustifolia Hook.f.
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Pleurophyllum angustifolia

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asterales
Compositae
Pleurophyllum
angustifolia

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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 angustifolia Hook.f.

Shrub or tree up to 6 m. tall; branchlets, lvs below, and peduncles clad in soft white tomentum. Lvs 7-15 × 1-2 cm., narrow-lanceolate, acuminate, subsessile, coriac., glab. above when mature, rather finely crenate-dentate, teeth calloused. Peduncles stout, with ∞ foliaceous bracts. Capitula 3·5-5 cm. diam.; phyll. in 2 series, outer tomentose on back. Ray-florets white, disk-florets purple; achenes linear, grooved, pilose; pappus-hairs slender.

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Macrolearia angustifolia (Hook.f.) Saldivia
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Olearia angustifolia Hook.f.
New Zealand
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Olearia angustifolia Hook.f.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Olearia angustifolia Hook.f.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Olearia angustifolia Hook.f.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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2 October 2026
1 October 2026
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