Olearia virgata var. ramuliflora (Colenso) Kirk
O. ramuliflora Col. in T.N.Z.I. 22, 1890, 467.
Type locality: "sides of streamlets, open ground, south of Dannevirke". Type: W, Colenso. Similar forms common in south of North Id.
Shrub up to 3 m. tall; lvs us. in fascicles of 4, 6-8 × 2 mm., on petioles c. 2 mm. long, linear-spathulate, margins slightly revolute. Capitula in fascicles of 2-4, pedicels c. 6-7 mm. long, 2-bracteate; florets 7-12; achenes 1-1·5 mm. long, glab. except at tips.
DIST.: N.