Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Euchiton delicatus (D.G.Drury) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 9: 270 (1974)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Gnaphalium delicatum D.G.Drury, New Zealand J. Bot. 10: 148 (1972)
- ≡ Euchiton delicatus (D.G.Drury) Anderb., Opera Bot. 104: 167 (1991) nom. illeg., non Euchiton delicatus (D.G.Drury) Holub 1974, nom. superfl.
Vernacular Name(s):
Creeping cudweed
Description
Stoloniferous perennial; stems 1–2–(5), decumbent or ascending, simple, 2–10–(15) cm tall. Lvs basal and cauline or mostly basal; basal lvs usually long-petiolate, plane, densely white-tomentose on lower surface except mid-vein, almost glabrous to moderately tomentose on upper, elliptic-oblanceolate to oblanceolate, cuneate, acute, sometimes mucronate, 10–30–(45) × 2–4 mm; cauline lvs not or slightly reduced upwards, becoming lanceolate, oblong or ± linear and apetiolate. Capitula 1–2 mm diam., (1)–2–5–(8) in dense terminal clusters; longest subtending lvs = or < diam. of cluster. Involucral bracts elliptic-oblong or oblong, obtuse, (3)–3.5–4 mm long; stereome usually green, sometimes tinged reddish purple toward apex; lamina pale brown, with darker markings toward base; gap and margins tinged pale to bright reddish purple. Achenes minutely papillate, 0.7–0.8 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Gnaphalium delicatum D.G.Drury]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Bibliography
Anderberg, A. A. 1991: Taxonomy and phylogeny of the tribe Gnaphalieae (Asteraceae). Opera Botanica 104: 1–195.
Connor, H.E.; Edgar, E. 1987: Name changes in the indigenous New Zealand flora, 1960–1986 and Nomina Nova IV, 1983–1986. New Zealand Journal of Botany 25: 115–170. [as Gnaphalium delicatum D.G.Drury]
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. [Not Threatened]
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. [Not Threatened]
Drury, D. G. 1972: The Cluster and Solitary-headed Cudweeds Native to New Zealand: (Gnaphalium Section Euchiton-Compositae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 10: 112–179.
Holub, J. 1974: New Names in Phanerogamae 3. Folia Geobotanica et Phytotaxonomica 9(3): 261–275.
Ward, J.M.; Breitwieser, I. 1998: New combinations in Euchiton (Compositae - Gnaphalieae) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 36(2): 303–304.
