Not to be semantically confused with : New Zealand Flax, New-Zealand Willowherb, New-Zealand Bitter-cress or New-Zealand Pigmyweed [plants with a similar name but belonging to differing families].

Related to similar shrubs :

• Mangrove-leaved Daisy-bush (Olearia avicenniifolia) with flat leaves and rounded clusters of white flowers.
• Akiraho (Olearia paniculata) with wavy-leaves and pyramidal clusters of white flowers with very few central disc-florets.
• Coastal Shrub Daisy (Olearia solandri)
• Ake-ake (Olearia traversii) with flat leaves and pyramidal clusters of greyish flowers.
• Daisy Bush (Olearia × haastii) the hybrid between Mangrove-leaved Daisy-bush and Olearia moschata. It has yellow flowers and flat leaves.

Uniquely identifiable characteristics

Distinguishing Feature :

No relation to : Holly [a short tree with similar name and similar leaves belonging to a differing family].

New-Zealand Holly is the most frequent of the six Olearia genus evergreen shrubs that are naturalised in the UK, and is the only one with toothed leaves. It has a strong musky odour. It is widely grown near the sea where it is warmer, where sometimes it naturalises.

Another shrub also belonging to the Dandelion & Daisy Family (Asteraceae) is Shrub Ragwort, the well-known garden plant 'Senecio Sunshine'; which was called (Senecia greyii) but now known as Brachyglottis × jubar. This has yellow flowers which last but a couple of weeks and the flowers do not cluster so closely together nor are they in hemispheres.