Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Anaphalioides trinervis (G.Forst.) Anderb., Opera Bot. 104: 101 (1991) – as trinerve
Synonymy:
  • Gnaphalium trinerve G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 55 (1786)
  • Anaphalis trinervis (G.Forst.) F.Muell., Trans. Roy. Soc. Victoria 1: 8-10 (1889)
  • = Helichrysum micranthum DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 6, 189 (1838)
  • = Gnaphalium keriense A.Cunn., Ann. Nat. Hist. 2: 130 (1839)
  • Anaphalioides keriensis (A.Cunn.) Kirp., Trudy Bot. Inst. Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R., Ser. 1, Fl. Sist. Vyssh. Rast. series 1: 33 (1950) – as Anaphalioides keriense
  • Anaphalis keriensis (A.Cunn.) C.J.Webb, New Zealand J. Bot. 25: 147 (1987)
  • = Gnaphalium novae-zeelandiae Sch.Bip., Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 3: 171 (1845) – as Gnaphalium novae-zelandiae
  • = Gnaphalium lyallii Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 152-153 (1867)
  • Anaphalis trinervis var. lyallii (Hook.f.) F.Muell., Trans. Roy. Soc. Victoria 1: 8-10 (1889)
  • = Gnaphalium adhaerens Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 17: 244 (1884 [1885]) – as Gnaphalium adhærens
 Description

Plants prostrate or hanging, up to 149 cm long. Stems 3.0-7.0 mm diameter, branching sparse. Branches 4-88 cm long, 3.2 mm diameter, distally green, roots from the branches present or absent. Internodes 15 mm long. Leaves at 45° to the stem, 19-76 mm long, 5.4-20 mm wide, narrowly obovate, apiculus green, 1 mm long; upper surface glabrous, veins entering leaf 5, margins plane. Flowering stems 100-140 mm long; 0.4 mm diameter, green, densely hairy, transition to scape leaves gradual; scape leaves narrowly elliptic, 16 mm long, 2.6 mm wide. Inflorescence compound, capitula per inflorescence (3-) 15(—30). Capitula 9- 13 mm diameter in dried specimens. Receptacle 1.8- 3.4 mm diameter; almost flat; 0.2-1.1 mm high. Outer involucral bracts 4.2-6.1 mm long, 0.6- 1.7 mm wide; gap clear. Inner involucral bracts 3.6- 6.8 mm long, 0.4-1.1 mm wide. Hermaphrodite florets 3.5 mm long; corolla 2.3-3.3 mm long, 1 mm wide; lobes 0.6 mm long; anthers 1.1 mm long, 0.18 mm wide, apices 0.24 mm long, anther tails 0.32 mm long; style 2.3 mm long; style arms 0.45 mm long; pappus hairs 15-22 per floret, 1.9- 3.3 mm long, apical cells rounded or clavate. Female florets 2.8 mm long; corolla 2.2-3.3 mm long; lobes 1.2 mm long; style 2.7 mm long; style arms 0.58 mm long; pappus hairs 13-19 per floret, 1.95-3.2 mm long, apical cells rounded. Achene 0.60-0.80 mm long; 0.28-0.34 mm diameter; hairs sparse or absent. Florets 113-281, female florets 65-90% of total.

[Reproduced from Glenny (1997, New Zealand J. Bot. 35: 451-477) with permission from The Royal Society of New Zealand.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
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