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Olearia telmatica
Swamp akeake is a shrub in the daisy family, native to the Chatham Islands of New Zealand, where it grows in wet, boggy ground. It is rarely grown outside its native range, so care is mostly inferred from its wetland habitat and related Olearia shrubs.
Olearia telmatica, commonly known as akeake, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteraceae native to the Chatham Islands of New Zealand.
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