Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Compositae Giseke
Genus
Haastia Hook.f.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Haastia recurva Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 156 (1864)
 Description

Plant rather densely to laxly branched, procumbent, branches up to c. 25 cm. long, branchlets covered by sheathing bases of lvs, c. 5 mm. diam. Lvs up to 2 × 1 cm., obovate, upper half somewhat thickened and strongly recurved, rugose, the whole clad in dense long fulvous to rufous hairs except adaxial portion of base; veins 5–10, anastomosing above. Receptacle c. 3–5 mm. diam.; phyll. linear, tips recurved, abaxial surface pilose. Achenes 2.5–3 mm. long, linear, compressed; pappus c. 9 mm. long.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Haastia recurva Hook.f.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)2
Total2
 Phenology

Fruiting: Dec.–Feb.

 Bibliography
Hooker, J.D. 1864: Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: a systematic description of the native plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadec's, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's and Macquarie's Islands. Part I. Reeve, London.