Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Craspedia major (Hook.f.) Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 725 (1961)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Craspedia fimbriata var. major Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 131 (1853)
Description
Rosette-lvs 6–20 × 1·5–2.5 cm., petiole about = lamina; thin with evident venation; narrow- to rather broad-obovate, cuneately narrowed to petiole, apiculate, surfaces glab. to very sparsely clad in short hairs; margins nude to ciliate, or with obscure fringe of hairs. Scape-lvs ovate, lower up to 5 cm. long. Scapes 15–40 cm. or more tall, 1–2 mm. diam., glab. or with scattered short hairs. Glomerules 1·5–2 cm. diam., phyll. c. 4 mm. long, about oblong; florets c. 4 mm. long, yellow. Achenes c. 2.5 mm. long, turbinate to subcompressed, densely clad in long silky hairs; pappus-hairs c. 4 mm. long.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Bibliography
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.
