Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Celmisia adamsii Kirk, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 27: 329 (1895)
Description
Tufted herb with simple or sparingly branched stock, pseudo-stem up to ± 6 cm. long. Lamina subcoriac., acute, often with fine apiculus, (9)–10–15–(30) cm. × 10–15–(25) mm., narrowly oblong-lanceolate to almost linear-oblong (diverse forms may occur on same plant); upper surface glab. or nearly so, with ± distinct thin pellicle, midrib broad, grooved, main veins ± evident; lower clad in soft white appressed or subappressed tomentum, midrib prominent; margins distantly finely denticulate, narrowing to petiole up to c. 3 cm. long; sheath ± 5 cm. × 15 mm., veins evident, surface tomentum ± as in lamina, margins floccose. Scape 15–30–(40) cm. long, rather slender, often flexuous, ± flattened, ± clad in floccose tomentum. Bracts us. few, up to 1 cm. long, lamina almost filiform. Capitula ± 3–4 cm. diam.; phyll. linear-subulate to narrow-lanceolate, c. 12 mm. long, margins ciliolate, midrib evident. Ray-florets ∞, up to c. 25 mm. long, tube slender; limb gradually widened to 4-toothed apex, veins distinct. Disk-florets c. 6 mm. long, narrow-funnelform, teeth narrow-triangular. Achenes glab., strongly ribbed, narrowly compressed-cylindric to very narrowly obovoid, ± 4 mm. long. Pappus-hairs sordid-white, up to 5 mm. long, slender, finely barbellate.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Endemic) | 2 |
| Total | 2 |
Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Naturally Uncommon]
Kirk, T. 1895: On new forms of Celmisia, Cass. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 327–330.
