Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Compositae
Genus
Brachyglottis J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Brachyglottis southlandica (Cockayne) B.Nord., Opera Bot. 44: 31 (1978)
Synonymy:
 Description

Stock and bases of petioles clad in long brownish hairs. Lvs spreading to erect; lamina 6–11 × 3–6 cm., ovate-oblong to suborbicular, obtuse, cordate at base, membr.; upper and lower surfaces often purplish, glab. to sparsely clad in delicate hairs; petiole 2–15 cm. long, with mingled delicate and glandular hairs. Scapes up to 35 cm. long, us. several times branched, clad in mingled silky and glandular hairs; bracts few, linear. Capitula 2–4 cm. diam.; phyll. glandular-pilose, linear, obtuse; ligules yellow, up to 2 cm. long. Pappus-hairs up to 5 mm. long, barbellate; achenes c. 3 mm. long, linear-oblong, glab.

[From:  Allan  (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Senecio southlandicus Cockayne]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Brachyglottis southlandica (Cockayne) B.Nord.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)1
Total1
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