Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Compositae Giseke
Genus
Euchiton Cass.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Euchiton paludosus (Petrie) Holub, Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 9: 271 (1974)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Gnaphalium paludosum Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 22: 441 (1889 [1890])
  • ≡ Euchiton paludosus (Petrie) Anderb., Opera Bot. 104: 167 (1991) nom. illeg., non Euchiton paludosus (Petrie) Holub 1974, nom. superfl.
  • = Gnaphalium minutula Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 22: 472 (1889 [1890]) – as (?) Gnaphalium minutula
 Description

Stoloniferous perennial; stems 1–2, ascending, simple, 1–5 cm tall. Lvs mostly basal; basal lvs cuneate to short petiole, densely white-tomentose on lower surface except mid-vein, usually glabrous and folded, sometimes sparsely tomentose and plane on upper, elliptic to linear-elliptic or narrow-oblanceolate, obtuse to subacute, 5–20 × 0.5–2–(4) mm; cauline lvs 1–3, scalelike, scarcely reduced upwards, ovate-triangular, amplexicaul. Capitula c. 1 mm diam., solitary; subtending lvs 0; scape amongst lvs at flowering, filiform and exceeding lvs at fruiting. Involucral bracts elliptic-oblong, obtuse, 3.8–4.5 mm long; stereome green, tinged reddish purple at apex; lamina pale brown, with darker band at base; gap and margins tinged pale to deep reddish purple. Achenes with short antrorse hairs, c. 1 mm long.

[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Gnaphalium paludosum Petrie]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
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Colenso, W. 1890: A description of some newly-discovered Phænogamic plants, being a further contribution towards the making-known the botany of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 22: 459–493.
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 paludosum Petrie var. paludosum]
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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. [Data Deficient]
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. [Naturally Uncommon]
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.
Petrie, D. 1890 ("1889"): Descriptions of New Native Plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 22: 439–443.
Ward, J.M.; Breitwieser, I. 1998: New combinations in Euchiton (Compositae - Gnaphalieae) from New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 36(2): 303–304.