''Olearia traversiorum'', the Chatham Island akeake, or Chatham Island tree daisy, is a species of

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (), commonly called angiosperms. The term "angiosperm" is derived from the Greek words ('container, vessel') and ('seed'), and refers to those plants th ...

in the family

Asteraceae The family Asteraceae, alternatively Compositae, consists of over 32,000 known species of flowering plants in over 1,900 genera within the order Asterales. Commonly referred to as the aster, daisy, composite, or sunflower family, Compositae w ...

. It is

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to the

Chatham Islands The Chatham Islands ( ) (Moriori: ''Rēkohu'', 'Misty Sun'; mi, Wharekauri) are an archipelago in the Pacific Ocean about east of New Zealand's South Island. They are administered as part of New Zealand. The archipelago consists of about te ...

of New Zealand. It is also known by the

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''O. traversii''.Olearia traversiorum
on

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(NZPCN) It is grown in other areas with mild oceanic climates such as

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References

traversiorum Flora of the Chatham Islands Near threatened plants Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{NewZealand-plant-stub