Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Compositae Giseke
Genus
Lagenophora Cass.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Lagenophora pumila (G.Forst.) Cheeseman, Subantarctic Is. N. Z., 412 (1909) – as Lageniphera pumila
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Calendula pumila G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 57 (1786)
  • = Microcalia australis A.Rich., Essai Fl. Nouv.-Zél., 230, t. 231 (1832)
  • = Lagenophora forsteri DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 5, 307 (1836)
Vernacular Name(s):
Papatāniwhaniwha
 Description

Rhizomes slender, branching; plant forming open, sts extensive patches, basal lvs rosulate at nodes on simple to branched stocks. Lamina ± 10–15 × 7–10 mm., occ. c. 20 × 15 mm.; suborbicular to broadly elliptic or oblong or obovate, thinly coriac., ± clad in stiff scaberulous hairs; margins crenate-dentate to very shallowly lobed or subentire; teeth mucronulate, us. ∞; base truncate to rounded. Petioles ± 10–15 mm., exceptionally up to 30 mm. long, slender. Cauline lvs similar, us. few to 0 except in vars. Scapes 8–16 cm. long, slender; bracts linear, few, c. 3 mm. long, or 0. Capitula 10–12–(15) mm. diam.; phyll. linear, acute, c. 2 mm. long, ciliolate near tips, margins ± hyaline. Ray-florets ∞, c. 8 mm. long, oblong, conspicuous. Achenes c. 1·75 × 0·5 mm., obliquely obovate; margins slightly thickened. Beak c. 0·5 mm. long, erect.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Sep.–Feb.; Fruiting: Nov.–Apr.

 Bibliography
Cheeseman, T.F. On the Systematic Botany of the Islands to the South of New Zealand. In: Chilton, C. (ed.) The subantarctic islands of New Zealand : reports on the geo-physics, geology, zoology, and botany of the islands lying to the south of New Zealand, based mainly on observations and collections made during an expedition in the government steamer "Hinemoa" (Captain J. Bollons) in November, 1907. Vol. 2. Philosophical Institute of Canterbury, Government Printer, Christchurch. 389–471.
de Candolle, A.P. 1836: Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Vol. 5. Treuttel et Würtz, Paris.
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. 1974: A Broadly Based Taxonomy of Lagenifera Section Lagenifera and Solenogyne (Compositae-Astereae), with an Account of their Species in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 12: 365–395.
Forster, J.G.A. 1786: Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus. Dietrich, Göttingen.
Richard, A. 1832: Essai d'une Flore de la Nouvelle Zélande. In: Dumont d'Urville, J. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe. Botanique. Tastu, Paris.