Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Alseuosmiaceae
Genus
Alseuosmia A.Cunn.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Alseuosmia pusilla Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 17: 241 (1884 [1885])
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Alseuosmia quercifolia var. pusilla (Colenso) Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 227 (1899)
  • = Alseuosmia quercifolia var. glauca Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 227 (1899)
Vernacular Name(s):
Mountain alseuosmia
 Description

Glab. shrub up to c. 5 dm. tall, unbranched or occ. with 1–2 branches, rarely taller and more branched; branchlets dark purple. Lvs on rather stout petioles up to 10 mm. long Lamina obovate, cunéately narrowed to base, obtuse, apiculate, (2.5)–7–(10) × 2–2.5–(3·5) cm., submembr., entire or with a few minute teeth. Infl. of us. solitary fls on glab. peduncles. Calyx 5-lobed; lobes deltoid, acute. Corolla ± 8–10 mm. long, yellowish to reddish; lobes 5, fimbriate. Berry ellipsoid, ± 9–12 × 5–6 mm., bright shining red.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Nov.–Mar.; Fruiting: Jan.–Mar.

 Bibliography
Colenso, W. 1885 ("1884"): A description of some newly-discovered and rare indigenous plants; being a further contribution towards the making known the botany of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 17: 237–265.
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]
Gardner, R.O. 1978: The species of Alseuosmia (Alseuosmiaceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 16: 271–277.
Kirk,T. 1899: The Students' Flora of New Zealand and the Outlying Islands. Government Printer, Wellington, N.Z.