''Olearia odorata'', the scented tree daisy, is a small

divaricating Divaricate means branching, or having separation or a degree of separation. The angle between branches is wide. In botany In botany, the term is often used to describe the branching pattern of plants. Plants are said to be divaricating when the ...

shrub endemic to New Zealand, from the plant family

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. It has small light green leaves with a large amount of interlacing twigs and grows to around 2–4m in height. In spring ''O. odorata'' produces many small white flowers. Remnants of this bush that grow in

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are home to native moths and insects, and areas with this species are now being protected with covenants. This plant is associated with the nationally endangered moth '' Stathmopoda albimaculata''.

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