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Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Celmisia major Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl., ed. 2, 952 (1925) var. major
Description
Herb with tufted lvs arising from simple to multicipital stock, pseudo-stem ± 6 cm. long. Lamina (10)–15–20–(40) cm. × (5)–10–(20) mm.; narrow-linear tapering regularly from sheath to acute apex, coriac.; upper surface clad in thin pellicle (thicker towards base), sulcate; lower densely clad in silvery white satiny appressed tomentum, midrib evident; margins distinctly recurved. Sheath pale, thin, c. 6 cm. long, nerves evident, margins ± densely clad in floccose hairs in upper part. Scape stout up to ± 20 cm. long, pellicled to subfloccose; bracts ascending, lamina almost filiform up to 25 mm. long, tomentum as in lvs; uppermost bracts forming a distinct pseudo-involucre. Capitula 2–4 cm. diam.; phyll. linear-subulate acuminate, ciliate, glab. on surfaces, up to 2 cm. long. Ray-florets ∞, c. 2 cm. long, tube very slender, limb gradually widening to apex. Disk-florets funnelform, c. 9 mm. long, teeth narrow-triangular. Achenes narrow-cylindric, grooved, glab. or very nearly so, c. 6–7 mm. long. Pappus-hairs white, very slender, hardly barbellate, up to 8 mm. long.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Bibliography
Cheeseman, T.F. 1925: Manual of the New Zealand Flora. Edition 2. Government Printer, Wellington.
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. [Naturally uncommon]
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. [Naturally Uncommon]
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. [Naturally Uncommon]
