''Olearia lyallii'' is a New Zealand plant from the

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Olearia ''Olearia'', most commonly known as daisy-bush, is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Asteraceae, the largest of the flowering plant families in the world. Olearia are found in Australia, New Guinea and New Zealand. The genus i ...

''. It is commonly known as the subantarctic tree daisy. The species is

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to the

Snares Islands The Snares Islands (; officially Snares Islands / Tini Heke), known colloquially as The Snares, is a group of uninhabited islands lying about south of New Zealand's South Island and to the south-southwest of Stewart Island / Rakiura. The Snar ...

and southern New Zealand, and has also established itself as an

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on the

Auckland Islands The Auckland Islands ( Māori: ''Motu Maha'' "Many islands" or ''Maungahuka'' "Snowy mountains") are an archipelago of New Zealand, lying south of the South Island. The main Auckland Island, occupying , is surrounded by smaller Adams Island ...

, from where the type specimen was described. ''O. lyallii'' forms trees up to tall with trunks 50 cm in diameter.

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Flora of the South Island lyallii Trees of New Zealand Trees of mild maritime climate Flora of the Auckland Islands Snares Islands {{tree-stub