Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Ericales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Ericaceae
Genus
Archeria Hook.f.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Archeria traversii Hook.f.
 Description

Shrub up to c. 5 m. tall; branches slender, ascending to spreading, bark dark brown; branchlets pale brown, glab. Lvs ± distant, becoming patent, coriac., glab., sts subwhorled, paler below, subsessile; 7–12 × 1·5–3 mm., narrow-lanceolate acute to subacute; midrib us. distinct; margins recurved, ciliolate. Racemes terminal, c. 10–25 mm. long 8–16-fld; axis and pedicels pubescent. Bracts oblong, caducous; fls c. 4–5 mm. long; calyx-lobes oblong, obtuse, ciliolate. Corolla reddish, patent. Capsule ± 2.5 mm. diam., locules 5–(3).

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Archeria traversii Hook.f.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Endemic)2
Total2
 Phenology

Flowering: Dec.–Feb.; Fruiting: Feb.–Apr.

 Bibliography
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]