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Olearia ilicifolia growing on the side of the Oaotit Stream, private land next to Mt Egmont Reserve, South Taranaki. 370 masl. Late December<br /> | Olearia ilicifolia growing on the side of the Oaotit Stream, private land next to Mt Egmont Reserve, South Taranaki. 370 masl. Late December<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Olearia ilicifolia Mountain holly .JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
[ | [[File:Olearia ilicifolia Mountain holly -001.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
Photographed at the North Egmont DOC parking area. (February)[ | Photographed at the North Egmont DOC parking area. (February)[[File:Olearia ilicifolia Mountain holly .JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
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[ | [[File:Olearia ilicifolia Hakeke.Mountain holly.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
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The top surface of the leaves.<br /> | The top surface of the leaves.<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Olearia ilicifolia Mountain holly -002.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
The undersurface of a leaf.<br /> | The undersurface of a leaf.<br /> | ||
[ | [[File:Olearia ilicifolia Hakeke.Mountain holly.-3.JPG|frameless|upright 2.25]] | ||
Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/ | ||
Latest revision as of 15:30, 24 September 2019
Kingdom: Plantae
(Unranked): Angiosperms
(Unranked): Eudicots
(Unranked): Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Tribe: Astereae
Genus: Olearia
Species: O. ilicifolia
Binomial name: Olearia ilicifolia
Common name: Mountain Holly, Hakeke, New Zealand holly
Olearia ilicifolia is an evergreen, much-branched spreading large shrub or small tree, reaching 5 m high.
Its stiff shiny grey-green narrow, spear-shaped leaves are 5–10 centimetres long with undulating and prickly-toothed edges. The underside of the leaves has a yellowish to white closely pressed tomentum.
The small daisy flowers which appear late spring to mid-summer are white with yellow centres and grow in large terminal corymbs.
Olearia ilicifolia is found in lowland to subalpine forest, and scrub from sea level to 1,200 metres in the North Island, South Island and Stewart Island. It is growing on Mt Egmont/Taranaki.
It is closely related to the sub-alpine Olearia macrodonta, with which it shares the names Mountain Holly and New Zealand Holly, however, it is much more common than Olearia macrodonta.
Olearia ilicifolia growing on the side of the Oaotit Stream, private land next to Mt Egmont Reserve, South Taranaki. 370 masl. Late December
Photographed at the North Egmont DOC parking area. (February)
The top surface of the leaves.
The undersurface of a leaf.
Thanks to Wikipedia for text and information: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
