Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Vittadinia australis A.Rich., Essai Fl. Nouv.-Zél., 251 (1832)
Synonymy:
- = Eurybiopsis australis Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 125 (1853)
Vernacular Name(s):
white fuzzweed
Description
Decumbent to ascending perennial herb. Stems usually sparsely to densely clothed in long erect hairs and glandular hairs, rarely only in glandular hairs, becoming glabrous and woody toward base. Lvs obtriangular to obovate, apetiolate and cuneate, obtuse, often 3–(5)-lobed at apex, sometimes with 1–2–(4) pairs of teeth or lobes toward apex, often lowest and uppermost or rarely most lvs entire, glandular, usually with scattered hispid hairs especially on midvein below and margins, rarely glabrous or densely hispid, (4)–8–15–(18) × 2–5–(8) mm. Involucral bracts usually hairy and glandular, sometimes only glandular, 2–8 mm long. Ray florets 8–20–(24); ligules white, 2–6 mm long. Achenes oblanceolate, compressed, with ribbed margins and 4–6 ribs on each face, glandular, sparsely to densely hairy and sometimes with a few longer appressed hairs at base, 3.5–5 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Phenology
Flowering: Oct.–Mar.–(Jun.)
Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [Not threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76.
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]
Hooker, J.D. 1852–1853 ("1853"): 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. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part I. Flowering plants. Lovell Reeve, London.
Richard, A. 1832: Essai d'une Flore de la Nouvelle Zélande. In: Dumont d'Urville, J. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Botanique. Tastu, Paris.
