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Classification
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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Scorzoneroides autumnalis (L.) Moench (1794)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Leontodon autumnalis L.
Description
Perennial with stout rootstock. Stems erect, branching, 20–75 cm tall, glabrous or with sparse simple hairs. Lvs all basal, linear to ovate, pinnatifid with narrow-triangular or linear, patent or recurved lobes, rarely simple, toothed, (3)–5–15–(40) × (0.3)–1.5–5–(8) cm; hairs simple, sparse or 0. Stem bracts numerous, especially above, narrow-triangular to linear. Capitula turbinate, erect in bud. Involucral bracts linear-lanceolate, acute, with fine pale hairs and usually longer dark hairs also; outer bracts c. 1/2length of inner bracts; inner bracts 8–12 mm long. Florets yellow, 11/2–2× length of involucre. Stigmas greyish green. Achenes reddish brown, all similar, wrinkled, not beaked, fusiform to cylindric, 4–5 mm long. Pappus in 1 row; hairs plumose, widened at base.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4. as Leontodon autumnalis L.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Phenology
Flowering: Jan.–Mar.; Fruiting: Jan.–Mar.
Bibliography
Greuter, W.; Gutermann, W.; Talavera, S. 2006: A preliminary conspectus of Scorzoneroides (Compositae, Cichorieae) with validation of the required new names. Willdenowia 36: 689–691.
