Olearia gardneri, commonly known as Gardner's tree daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae.[1][2][3] It is found only in New Zealand. At one point it was ranked as New Zealand's rarest tree, with only 160 wild individuals known.[4]

Olearia gardneri
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Asterales
Family: Asteraceae
Genus: Olearia
Species:
O. gardneri
Binomial name
Olearia gardneri
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  1. ^ "Oleari gardneri". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. 19 December 2014. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Olearia gardneri Factsheet" (PDF). Department of Conservation Southland Conservancy. May 2007. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  3. ^ "Rare plant discovered on Wairarapa farm". Radio New Zealand. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 1 September 2018.
  4. ^ Dickison, Mike (8 January 2018). "Conservation Comment: Rare shrub needs love". NZ Herald. Retrieved 27 June 2022.
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