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Shawia albida (Hook.f.) Sch.Bip.

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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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Sch.Bip.
Hook.f.
(Hook.f.) Sch.Bip.
Schultz-Bipontinus, C.H. 1861: Cassiniaceae uniflorae, oder Verzeichniss der Cassiniaceen mit 1-blüthigen Köpfchen. Jahresbericht der Pollichia, eines naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins der Bayerischen Pfalz 18/19: 157–190.
1861
175
ICN
Eurybia albida Hook.f.
species
Shawia albida

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Asterales
Compositae
Shawia
albida

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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 albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.

Shrub or tree up to 5 m. tall; branchlets grooved, angular, clad in rather loose white tomentum. Lvs 7-10 × 2.5-3·5 cm. on petioles up to 2 cm. long; oblong to ovate-oblong, coriac., glab. above when mature, clad in soft white appressed tomentum below, margins flat to slightly undulate. Capitula ∞ on short sulcate pedicels, narrow, up to 7 mm. long; phyll. imbricate; lower ovate, pubescent, upper linear-oblong, ciliate. Florets 3-10 per capitulum, ray-florets 1-5, style-arms elongate. Achenes linear, ribbed, 1-1·5 mm. long, pubescent; pappus-hairs slightly thickened at tips, 3 mm. long.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f. var. albida

2n = 324

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Aster albidus (Hook.f.) Kuntze
Aster albidus (Hook. f.) Kuntze
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia albida (Hook.f.) Sch.Bip.
Eurybia albida Hook.f.
Eurybia albida Hook.f.
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Eurybia Cass.
Eurybia albida Hook.f.
Eurybia albida Hook.f.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Eurybia albida Hook.f.
Eurybia albida Hook.f.
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia albida (Hook.f.) Sch.Bip.
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Olearia Moench
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia albida (Hook.f.) Sch.Bip.
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f. var. albida
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f. var. albida
Allan Herbarium (2007)
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f. var. albida
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f. var. albida
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f. var. albida
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f. var. albida
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f. var. albida
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f. var. albida
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Olearia Moench
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f. var. albida
Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f. var. albida
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia albida (Hook.f.) Sch.Bip.
Shawia albida (Hook.f.) Sch.Bip.
Shawia albida (Hook.f.) Sch.Bip.
Saldivia, P.; Nicol, D.A. (2025)
Shawia albida (Hook.f.) Sch.Bip.

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Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Australia
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Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
Australia
Tasmania
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Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
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Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
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Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
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Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
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Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
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Olearia albida (Hook.f.) Hook.f.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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scientific name
Names_Plants
2 October 2025
5 January 2026
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