- Taxon
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- ≡ Senecio huntii F.Muell., Veg. Chatham Isl. 23, t. 3 (1864)
Shrub or tree up to 6 m. or more tall; branchlets clad in persistent lf-bases. Lvs close-set, submembr., 5–10 × 2–3 cm., lanceolate- to elliptic-oblong, subacute, clad when young in fulvous tomentum on both surfaces, becoming nearly glab. when old, narrowed to appressed base; margins entire, slightly revolute. Infl. a terminal dense panicle subtended by lvs; pedicels rather stout, with linear bracts, densely glandular-tomentose. Capitula up to 2 cm. diam.; phyll. 10–12, narrow-oblong, obtuse to subacute, glandular on back, ciliate on margins and with tuft of hairs at tip. Ray-florets 15–20, ligules broad, recurved, yellow; achenes c. 1·5 mm. long, narrow-oblong, grooved, glab.; pappus-hairs up to 7 mm. long, slender, barbellate.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Senecio huntii F.Muell.]