Class
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Cassytha pubescens R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 404 (1810)
Vernacular Name(s):
Dodder-laurel
Description
Stems to c. 2 mm diam., forming dense masses, greenish, densely hairy, the hairs ferruginous when young. Scale lvs 1–1.5 mm long, ± ovate, with ferruginous tomentum. Spikes simple, 5–15 mm long; fls mostly crowded, but lower fls sometimes distant, subsessile or nearly so; rachis with ferruginous tomentum. Bracts c. 1 mm long, ovate. Outer perianth segments similar to bracts; inner segments c. 2 mm long, oblong. Stamens included; outer filaments of outer whorl broadly winged. Style < stamens, hairy. Fr. 5–6 mm diam., globular, remaining greenish, tomentose. Seed flattened, striate.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Phenology
Flowering: Dec.–Feb.
Bibliography
Brown, R. 1810: Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van-Diemen. Johnson, London.
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. [Coloniser]
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. [Coloniser]
