Classification
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Logfia Cass., Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 1819: 143 (1819)
 Description

Annual herbs. Lvs mostly alternate, sometimes lowermost few opposite, simple, entire. Capitula usually in small clusters, rarely solitary. Involucral bracts 4–5 in 1 row. Receptacle obconic; scales present, in 2–3 rows and appearing as bracts, star-like, at fruiting. Outer florets ♀, filiform; inner florets mostly ☿, tubular. Achenes somewhat dimorphic, oblong to obovoid, gradually narrowed to apex; outer achenes slightly curved, enclosed in outer scales, lacking a pappus; inner achenes straight, free, with a pappus; 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 Logfia Cass.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised2
Total2
 Bibliography
Cassini, H. 1819: Examen analytique du genre Filago de Linné. Bulletin des Sciences, de la Société Philomatique de Paris 1819: 141–144.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.