- Taxon
- Gallery
- ≡ Gnaphalium traversii Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 154 (1864)
- ≡ Euchiton traversii (Hook.f.) Anderb., Opera Bot. 104: 167 (1991) nom. illeg., non Euchiton traversii (Hook.f.) Holub 1974, nom. superfl.
Stoloniferous perennial; stems 1–3, ascending to erect, simple, 1–15 cm tall. Lvs mostly basal; basal lvs cuneate to short or long petiole, usually densely white-tomentose on both surfaces including mid-vein, sometimes only moderately tomentose on upper, plane, narrowly to broadly elliptic or elliptic-obovate, obtuse to subacute, mucronate, (6)–10–40–(60) × 4–10 mm; cauline lvs 2-several, narrow and apetiolate, reduced upwards and finally scalelike, linear-triangular and amplexicaul. Capitula c. 4–6 mm diam., usually solitary, very rarely 2–3 together; subtending lvs 0 or much reduced; scape lateral, amongst or just exceeding lvs at flowering, greatly elongating at fruiting. Involucral bracts elliptic to narrow-oblong, usually obtuse, sometimes subacute, 5.5–6.5 mm long; stereome green, tinged reddish purple toward apex; lamina pale brown, sometimes with a dark band at base; gap and sometimes margins tinged pale to bright reddish purple. Achenes with short antrorse hairs, 0.8–1.0 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1985) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4 as Gnaphalium traversii Hook.f.]