Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Compositae Giseke
Genus
Celmisia Cass.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Celmisia discolor var. intermedia (Petrie) Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 621 (1961)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Celmisia intermedia Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 45: 267 (1913)
Type: New Zealand. South Island, Canterbury Alps, Arthur’s Pass, c. 3000 ft., Jan 1893, D. Petrie s.n. (lectotype WELT SP2146 designated by Allan 1961: 621)
 Description

Lamina narrow-obovate to elliptic-spathulate, ± 15 × 6–10 mm., sub-acute, cuneately narrowed to petiole. Scapes very slender, up to c. 15 cm. long. Capitula 10–15 mm. diam.

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

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Petrie, D. 1913: Descriptions of new species and varieties of native phanerogams. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 45: 265–275.
Saldivia, P. 2023: Nomenclature and typifications in Celmisia (Asteraceae: Astereae): The New Zealand endemic subgenera Caespitosae, Glandulosae, and Lignosae. Phytotaxa 591(1): 31–45.