DSC_9890 Chatham Island bog aster, or makora (Olearia semidentata) mauve-purple flowers. Endemic to the Chathams, this small erect tree with narrow leathery leaves, is usually associated with bamboo rush in peat dome and wetland, and rapidly colonises burnt moorland 'clears' and bog sites. Ocean Mail Reserve, Te Whanga Lagoon, Main Chatham Island *
DSC_9274 Chatham Island bog aster, or makora (Olearia semidentata) mauve-purple flowers. Endemic to the Chathams, this small erect tree with narrow leathery leaves, is usually associated with bamboo rush in peat dome and wetland, and rapidly colonises burnt moorland 'clears' and bog sites. Ocean Mail Reserve, Te Whanga Lagoon, Main Chatham Island *
DSC_3327 Chatham Island bog aster, or makora (Olearia semidentata) mauve-purple flowers. Endemic to the Chathams, this small erect tree with narrow leathery leaves, is usually associated with bamboo rush in peat dome and wetland, and rapidly colonises burnt moorland 'clears' and bog sites. Ocean Mail Reserve, Te Whanga Lagoon, Main Chatham Island *
