Hortus Botanicus Leiden, Netherlands

Common name: Marlborough rock daisy

Family: Asteraceae subfam. Asteroideae (Aster family)

Synonym: Olearia insignis

Distribution: New Zealand

Life form: Shrub

Comments: This plant is endemic to the Marlborough region of New Zealand and is found nowhere else. The name Pachystegia means "thickly covered" and in this case it refers to the underside of the leaves, which are covered in dense hairs.