#tree daisy

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Tree daisy

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#2622- Olearia × macrodonta - New Zealand Holly

AKA arorangi. First described by Joseph Dalton Hooker who in 1864 named it Eurybia dentata var. oblongifolia. 

A hybrid of  O. ilicifolia and O. arborescens. Cultivated in other parts of the world that appreciate its hardiness, fast growth to tree-size, interesting peeling bark, and masses of white flowers. The leaves aren't as stiff and prickly as actual holly, too.

Arthur's Pass, Aotearoa New Zealand

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#2660 - Olearia nummulariifolia

AKA Eurybia nummulariifolia, and Olearia hillii. The second part of the binomial means 'coin-leaved'.

(See also the frequently fossilised foraminiferan Nummulites. The Ancient Egyptians used the fossils as coins, and the Pyramids were built from nummulitic limestone. In 1913, naturalist Randolph Kirkpatrick published a book, The Nummulosphere, claiming that ALL rocks were accumulations of fossil forams like Nummulites.)

A shrub on the highest point of the Tasman moraine, with a few icebergs floating in the meltwater lake behind it.

Found in the higher parts of the North Island, but more widely distributed on the South.

Aoraki / Mt Cook, Aotearoa New Zealand.