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Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Daucus glochidiatus (Labill.) Fisch., C.A.Mey. & Avé-Lall.
Synonymy:
- ≡ Scandix glochidiata Labill. (1804)
Vernacular Name(s):
Australian carrot; New Zealand carrot; Pinaki; Pinakitere
Description
Erect, usually hispid, annual or biennial up to 30–(60) cm high. Basal lvs 2–3-pinnate; ultimate segments ovate, pinnatisect into linear lobes; stem lvs similar but reduced. Umbels simple or compound, irregular; rays 1–7–(9); bracts (0)–2–5, linear or pinnatisect; bracteoles 0–5, simple, linear. Fls 1–8–(10), white or tinged red, c. 1 mm diam. Fr. ellipsoid, dark brown, 3–5 mm long; primary ribs sparsely to moderately ciliate; secondary ribs spinous; spines capped at tips.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Phenology
Flowering: Sep.–Feb.
Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [Nationally Critical]
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76.
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. [Nationally Vulnerable]
