Some people will call this Olearia laxiflora because of the red-brown hairs.
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Gouland Downs north of Gouland Hut
Verbatim locality:
Gouland Downs north of Gouland Hut
Verbatim collector:
G Rogers
Standardised collector:
Geoff Rogers
Verbatim date:
29 Mar 2012
Start date:
2012-03-29
Land District:
Nelson Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Abundance:
Rare
Habitat:
Restricted to slopes bordering gullies & shallowly-incised streams. In low scrub of Coprosma propinqua.
Abundance:
Rare
Notes:
Shrub to 2-3 m erect stiff branchlets (not slender) ferruginous tomentum leaf underside. Combination of characters does not accord with any other form of Olearia virgata familiar to me.