Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Stylidiaceae
Genus
Phyllachne J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Phyllachne clavigera (Hook.f.) F.Muell. (1873)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Forstera clavigera Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.) Part I, 38, t. 28 (1844) pro parte
  • ≡ Helophyllum clavigerum (Hook.f.) Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 167 (1864)
  • = Forstera aretiastrifolia Hombr. & Jacquinot ex Decne., Voy. Pôle Sud, Botanique, 2, 34, t. 16 C (1853)
 Description

Cushions up to ± 5 cm. tall. Lvs concavo- to plano-convex, linear-oblong, ± 5 mm. long, gradually narrowed from base ± 2 mm. wide, then rather abruptly thickened to apical knob hardly 1 mm. diam. Pore on back near apex. Fls ± 2–4 mm. long; calyx-lobes 5–6, linear-oblong, obtuse, ± ciliate at apex; corolla white, lobes 5–7, obovate. Column rather stout, very slightly exserted. Capsule turbinate, seeds 6–8.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Oct.–Mar.; Fruiting: Dec.–Apr.

 Bibliography
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]
Decaisne, J. 1853: Botanique. Dumont D'Urville, J.S.C. (ed.) Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Oceanie, sur les Corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée: exécuté par ordre du roi pendant les années 1837-1838-1839-1840. Vol. 2. Gide, Paris.
Hooker, J.D. 1844–1845: The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. I. Flora Antarctica. Part I. Botany of Lord Auckland’s Group and Campbell’s Island. Reeve, Brothers, London.
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.