Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Craspedia uniflora var. grandis Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 724, 969-970 (1961)
Description
Rosette-lvs c. 10–15 × 2 cm., obovate-spathulate, apiculate, cuneately narrowed to petiole, surfaces with sparse cottony and subhispid hairs, woolly margin narrow but distinct. Lower scape-lvs narrow-obovate to elliptic. Scapes 15–45 cm. long, 2–3 mm. diam., sparsely clad in cottony hairs, becoming glab.; glomerules c.2 cm. diam.; achenes c. 1·5 mm. long, clad in appressed silky hairs.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Bibliography
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. [Declining]
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. [Data Deficient]
