Class
Order
Family
Perennial herbs; stems trailing or erect; latex milky. Lvs in rosettes, or alternate on stems, pinnatifid, lobed, or entire. Capitula axillary, solitary, on long peduncles. Involucral bracts fused at base to form a cupule, in 2–3 series, similar in all rows. Receptacle flat, alveolate, ciliate; scales 0. Outer florets ligulate, sterile. Disc florets ☿. Achenes obovoid to obconic or turbinate, without furrows. Pappus of 2 rows of linear-subulate toothed scales, the rows c. equal in length.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Category | Number |
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Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
Exotic: Presence uncertain | 1 |
Total | 2 |