Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Anisotome capillifolia (Cheeseman) Cockayne, New Zealand Pl. Story ed. 2, 191 (1919)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Ligusticum capillifolium Cheeseman, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 47: 45 (1915)
Description
Rather stout: stems up to c. 25 cm. tall. Lvs us. many, crowded, erect or ascending, (5)–6–10–(15) × 2–5 cm., including stout petiole (2)–5–8 cm. long; sheath broad, narrowed to apex. Lamina 2–3–(4)-pinnate, pinnae plumosely arranged. Primary pinnae 8–12 pairs, ± 1·5–2 cm. × 5–10 cm.; lower distant, upper approximate, pinnately several times finely dissected; final segs c. 5–7 mm. long, capillary; hair-points flexuous, up to c. 5 mm. long. Umbels 1–4, compound, paniculately arranged. Bracts with broad sheathing base, narrowed to short lamina. primary rays 8–15, slender; involucral bracts linear. Fr. ovoid-oblong, ± 5 mm. long. Mericarps us. one 5-, the other 4-winged. Vittae 1–(2) per furrow, 2–(4) on commissural face.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Phenology
Flowering: Nov.–Feb.; Fruiting: Jan.–Mar.
Bibliography
Cheeseman, T.F. 1914 (1915): New Species of Flowering-plants. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 47: 45–47.
Cockayne, L. 1919: New Zealand Plants and their Story. Edition 2. 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. [Declining]
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]
