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- = Cotula integrifolia Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. III. (Fl. Tasman.) Part I, 192, t. 50B (1856)
Ascending to erect, fleshy, glabrous annual or short-lived perennial up to 30 cm tall. Stems terete, branched from base and above, up to 25–(40) cm long, rooting freely from lower nodes. Lvs fleshy, alternate, apetiolate, linear, lanceolate or spathulate, entire, with few irregular large lobes, or shallowly 1–(2)-pinnatisect, usually perfoliate, rarely amplexicaul, (10)–15–80 mm long; lvs above becoming shorter, more triangular, less often divided and more often amplexicaul. Involucral bracts in 2–3 rows, 4–6 mm long. Capitula solitary, bright yellow, (6)–8–10–(13) mm diam.; peduncles scarcely expanded at apex, solid, 2–7 cm long, c. 1 mm diam.; ♀ florets in 1 or < 1 row, pedicellate, with a corolla; ☿ florets numerous, subsessile, with flattened tubular corolla. Achenes all flattened, hairy on inner surface, glabrous on outer. Achenes of ♀ florets 1.5–2 × 1–1.2 mm; lateral angles with thick, corky, entire, marginal wings. Achenes of ☿ florets 1.1–1.2 × 0.5–0.6 mm; lateral angles thinly ribbed.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Flowering: Jan.–Dec.