Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Compositae Giseke
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Callistephus Cass., Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. [F. Cuvier] 37, 491 (1825)
 Description

Annual herb. Lvs alternate, entire to coarsely serrate. Capitula 1-numerous, solitary. Involucral bracts dimorphic, the outer in 1–2 rows, imbricate and herbaceous, the inner in 1–2 rows and completely membranous. Receptacle slightly convex; scales 0. Outer florets ♀, ligulate, many to numerous in 1 row (more in cvs); ligules white to red, blue or purple. Inner florets ☿, tubular (ligulate in double cvs), numerous. Achenes all similar, obovoid, compressed, hairy, with 2–4 narrow ribs; pappus of 1 row of long scabrid hairs and an outer row of very short hairs.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Callistephus Cass.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Cuvier, G.-F. 1825: Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. Edition 2. Vol. 37. OSE–PARM.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.