Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Compositae Giseke
Genus
Celmisia Cass.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Celmisia hectorii Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 135 (1864) – as hectori
Synonymy:
Type: New Zealand. Middle [South] Island, Otago, Mt Brewster, alt. 5–6000 ft., J. Hector & J. Buchanan 53 in Herbarium Hookerianum (holotype K 882078)
 Description

Stout much-branched subshrub forming low patches up to ± 1 m. diam.; stems woody, ± 5 mm. diam.; branches clad in If-remains, branchlets ± close-set bearing If-rosettes. Lamina linear- to spathulate-oblong or linear-obovate, coriac., (10)–15–20–(25) × (3)–5–7–(10) mm.; upper surface densely clad in appressed ± scurfy white tomentum, sts separating as a pellicle; lower surface clad in appressed whitish satiny tomentum; apex obtuse to subacute, often apiculate; margins entire or nearly so, slightly recurved, gradually narrowed nearly to base, then widening into thinly coriac., glab. sheath c. 5 mm. long. Scape rather stout, 4–8–10 cm. long, densely clad in floccose hairs. Bracts ∞, linear, up to 1cm. long, tomentose. Capitula 20–25–(30) mm. diam.; phyll. linear-subulate, obtuse to subacute, up to c. 12 mm. long, clad in spreading hairs, especially marginally. Ray-florets c. 15 mm. long; limb elliptic-oblong, 3-toothed. Disk-florets 8–9 mm. long, narrow-funnelform; teeth becoming reflexed, narrow-triangular. Achenes 2.5–3 mm. long, cylindric; hairs few to many on ribs, ascending. Pappus-hairs up to 6 mm. long, white, minutely barbellate.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
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. [Not Threatened]
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