Class
Order
Family
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Phyllachne rubra (Hook.f.) Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 391 (1906)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Helophyllum rubrum Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 168 (1864)
Description
Cushions or mats up to ± 5 cm. tall. Lvs linear to linear-oblong, concavo- to plano-convex, c. 4·5 × 1 mm., not widening to base, thickened at apex, us. forming a distinct knob. Bracts irregularly toothed and ciliolate at apex. Fls up to c. 5 mm. diam.; calyx-lobes oblong, ± toothed and ciliolate at apex. Corolla white, us. drying dark red; lobes 5–7, somewhat unequal, obovate. Column rather stout, not or very slightly exserted.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Phenology
Flowering: Dec.–Apr.
Bibliography
Cheeseman, T.F. 1906: Manual of the New Zealand Flora. Government Printer, Wellington.
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]
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.
