Classification
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Calotis R.Br., Bot. Reg. 6, t. 504 (1820)
 Description

Usually annual or perennial herbs, occasionally subshrubs. Lvs alternate, simple, entire to deeply pinnatifid. Capitula solitary or in cymose or racemose panicles. Involucral bracts in 2–3–(4) rows, imbricate, herbaceous to chartaceous. Receptacle hemispheric; scales 0. Outer florets ♀, ligulate, few to numerous in 1-several rows; ligules yellow, white, pink, mauve or blue. Inner florets usually ♂, sometimes ☿, tubular, many. Achenes all similar, narrowed to base, compressed, glabrous or hairy, smooth or tuberculate; pappus usually of rigid, barbed awns, occasionally with scales alternating with awns, occasionally of hairs or 0.

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

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Calotis R.Br.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 Bibliography
Ker-Gawler, J.B. 1820–1821: Botanical Register; consisting of coloured figures of exotic plants cultivated in British gardens; with their history and mode of treatment. Vol. 6. James Ridgway, London.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.