Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Compositae Giseke
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Dittrichia Greuter, Exsicc. Genav. Conserv. Bot. Distrib. Fasc., 71 (1973)
 Description

Annual or perennial herbs. Lvs alternate, simple, entire or toothed. Capitula solitary. Involucral bracts in 3–5 rows, imbricate, with erect lamina, the outer usually herbaceous, the inner membranous. Receptacle flat or slightly convex; scales O. Outer florets ♀, ligulate; ligules yellow. Inner florets ☿, tubular. Achenes all similar, slightly 4-angled, abruptly constricted below apex; pappus hairs in 1 row, narrow at apex.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Dittrichia Greuter
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Greuter, W. 1970-1973: Exsiccatorum genavensium a conservatorio botanico distributorum . In: Exsiccatorum genavensium a conservatorio botanico distributorum . Vol. 4. Geneva.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.