Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Compositae Giseke
Genus
Craspedia G.Forst.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Craspedia uniflora G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 58 (1786)
Synonymy:
  • = Staehelina fimbriata G.Forst., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 6, 152 (1838)
  • ≡ Craspedia fimbriata (G.Forst.) DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 6, 152 (1838)
  • = Craspedia fimbriata var. marginata Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 131 (1853)
 Description

Rosette-lvs broad-ovate to elliptic-spathulate, us. apiculate, margins distinctly white with tangled cottony hairs, surfaces ± clad in short hairs, a few long and cottony. Scape-lvs ovate to narrow-lanceolate or elliptic: Scapes 15–45 cm. long, hairs us. short, sts becoming glab. Glomerules 1·5–3 cm. diam. Florets white or yellow. Achenes silky-hairy, sts becoming nearly glab. Pappus-hairs c. 4 mm. long.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Craspedia uniflora G.Forst.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)4
Total4
 Bibliography
de Candolle, A.P. 1838 ("1837"): Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Vol. 6. Treuttel et Würtz, Paris.
Forster, J.G.A. 1786: Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus. Dietrich, Göttingen.
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.