Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Craspedia uniflora var. maritima Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 724, 970 (1961)
Synonymy:
- = Craspedia maritima Cockayne & Allan, Veg. N.Z. 434 (1928) nom. nud.
Description
Rosette-lvs c. 6–15 × 2–4 cm., broad-obovate, shortly apiculate, sparsely clad in cottony and short subhispid hairs; woolly margin conspicuous. Lower scape-lvs ovate-lanceolate, up to 4 cm. long. Scapes up to 30 cm. or more tall, c. 3 mm. diam., strongly ribbed, sparsely clad in cottony hairs. Glomerules 2.5–3 cm. diam.; florets yellow; achenes c. 2 mm. long, densely silky-hairy.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Bibliography
Cockayne, L. 1928: The Vegetation of New Zealand - Die Vegetation der Erde XIV. Edition 2. Engelmann Press, Leipzig.
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.; 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. [Declining]
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. [Declining]
