Classification
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Picris L., Sp. Pl. 792 (1753)
 Description

Annual to perennial taprooted herbs. Hairs eglandular, stiff, bristly, with 2–4 recurved barbs at apex; lf hairs sometimes with white bulbous bases; spines sometimes present. Stem usually solitary, branched above. Lvs basal and cauline, shallowly dentate to pinnatisect. Capitula terminal and axillary, pedunculate. Involucral bracts in several series, hairy to bristly, the outer either broad and leaflike or similar to the inner. Receptacle areolate, the areoles ciliolate; scales 0. Corolla ligulate, yellow, sometimes red-striped. Style branches filiform, dark. Achenes brown or pale, numerous, terete, transversely wrinkled, beaked or not; pappus white to sordid, in 2 rows, the inner plumose, the outer plumose or simple, sometimes pappus seemingly in 1 row.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of species in New Zealand within Picris L.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Non-endemic)1
Indigenous (Non-endemic): Sometimes present1
Exotic: Casual1
Total3
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