Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Compositae Giseke
Genus
Centipeda Lour.
 Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Centipeda minima (L.) A.Braun & Asch. (1867)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Artemisia minima L., Sp. Pl. 849 (1753)
  • = Cotula minuta G.Forst., Fl. Ins. Austr. 57 (1786)
  • ≡ Myriogyne minuta (G.Forst.) Less. (1831)
  • = Centipeda orbicularis Lour., Fl. Cochinch. 602 (1790) nom. illeg.
  • = Artemisia sternutatoria Roxb., Hort. Bengal. 61 (1814) nom. nud.
  • ≡ Cotula sternutatoria (Roxb.) Wall. ex DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 6, 139 (1838)
  • = Myriogyne minuta var. lanuginosa DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 6, 139 (1837 [1838])
  • ≡ Centipeda orbicularis var. lanuginosa (DC.) F.M.Bailey, Queensl. Fl. 3, 869 (1900)
  • ≡ Centipeda minima var. lanuginosa (DC.) Domin, Biblioth. Bot. Heeft 89 (VIII): 1237 (1930)
  • = Sphaeromorphaea russelliana var. glabrata DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 6, 140 (1838)
Vernacular Name(s):
Sneezeweed
 Description

Procumbent, slender, aromatic, glabrous or sparsely hairy annual. Stems terete, much-branched from base and above, (3)–5–25 cm long. Lvs glandular, oblong, elliptic-oblong to spathulate, acute to obtuse, narrowed to base but petiole usually indistinct, sometimes slightly amplexicaul, entire or with few coarse teeth, 3–15–(20) mm long. Capitula usually sessile, sometimes shortly pedunculate, usually solitary, rarely appearing paired, 2–4–(5) mm diam.; florets 30-numerous; ♀ florets in 2–4 rows. Achenes 0.8–1.4 mm long, with faces dark brown and pale brown ribs extending ± to apex.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Number of subspecific taxa in New Zealand within Centipeda minima (L.) A.Braun & Asch.
CategoryNumber
Indigenous (Non-endemic)1
Total1
 Phenology

Flowering: Nov.–Apr.

 Bibliography
Bailey, F.M. 1900: The Queensland Flora. Vol. 3.
de Candolle, A.P. 1838 ("1837"): Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Vol. 6. Treuttel et Würtz, Paris.
Domin, K. 1929: Beitrage zur Flora und Planzen geographie Australiens. Bibliotheca Botanica Heeft 89 (VIII): 1201–1317.
Forster, J.G.A. 1786: Florulae Insularum Australium Prodromus. Dietrich, Göttingen.
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Loureiro, J. de 1790: Flora Cochinchinensis: sistens plantas in regno Cochinchina nascentes. Quibus accedunt aliæ observatæ in Sinensi imperio, Africa Orientali, Indiæque locis variis. Omnes dispositæ secundum systema sexuale Linnæanum. Ulyssipone (Lisbon).
Roxburgh, W. 1814: Hortus Bengalensis, or a Catalogue of the Plants Growing in the Hounourable East India Company's Botanical Garden at Calcutta. Serampore.
Walsh, N. G. 2001: A revision of Centipeda (Asteraceae). Muelleria 15: 33–64.