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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Celmisia spectabilis Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.) Part I, 35-36 (1844)
Synonymy:
- = Celmisia ruahinensis Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 27: 388 (1895)
- = Celmisia spectabilis var. albomarginata W.Martin, Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 65: 183 (1935)
- = Celmisia spectabilis var. angustifolia W.Martin, Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 65: 184 (1935)
Vernacular Name(s):
Common mountain daisy; Cotton daisy; cotton plant; Matua-tikumu; Mountain daisy; Puakaito; Pūharetāiko; Pūheretāiko; Pūwharetāiko; Tikumu
Description
Woody-based herb with branchlets arising from a simple or multicipital stock, usually hidden; living leaves in rosettes at the tips of branchlets, the whole forming a cushion or mat. Leaf sheaths densely imbricate and compacted, forming a pseudostem. Leaf lamina (3)-13-(30) × (0.3)-2-(4.5) cm, usually coriaceous, usually lanceolate-oblong but in some forms ovate or linear-oblong; upper surface shining and sulcate: lower surface densely covered in soft felted tomentum, midrib distinct; tip acute; margins entire and recurved, occasionally minutely toothed. Petiole thin with evident veins. Scape densely clad in floccose white hairs, stout, up to 30 cm long, bracteate, monocephalous. Ray florets 40- 100, ligulate, white. Disc florets 60-200, 5-9 mm long, funneliform: tube glabrous or with scattered uniseriate or biseriate hairs. Achene fusiform cylindric, grooved, 1.5-6.5 mm long, glabrous or glabrate; hairs if present bifid. Pappus hairs 5-9 mm long, barbellate.
[Reproduced from Given (1984, New Zealand J. Bot. 22: 139–158) with permission from The Royal Society of New Zealand.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Endemic) | 3 |
| Total | 3 |
Bibliography
Colenso, W. 1895: Phaenogams: A description of a few more newly-discovered indigenous plants; being a further contribution towards the making known the botany of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 27: 383–399.
Given, D. R. 1984: A taxonomic revision of Celmisia subgenus Pelliculatae section Petiolatae (Compositae -- Astereae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 22: 139–158.
Given, D.R. 1972: The Infra-specific Taxonomy of Celmisia spectabilis Hook.f. (Compositae: Astereae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 10: 180–194.
Hooker, J.D. 1844–1845: The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. I. Flora Antarctica. Part I. Botany of Lord Auckland’s Group and Campbell’s Island. Reeve, Brothers, London.
Martin, W. 1935: Species of Celmisia indigenous to Marlborough, with descriptions of new species and varieties. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 65: 169–185.
