heketara
1. (noun) tree daisy, Olearia rani - a shrub with alternating leaves that are almost white underneath with darker veins and irregular teeth. Flowers are white with yellow centres, daisy-like and in clusters. Found throughout the North Island, Nelson and Marlborough on forest margins, clearings and stream and riverbanks.
Ka tino purotu te puāwai o te rākau, arā, o te kōwhai, o te hutukawa, o te rātā, o te heketara, o te rangiora (TTT 1/4/1929:972). / The flowers of the trees were quite beautiful, that is of the kōwhai, the pōhutukawa, the rātā, the tree daisy and the rangiora.
