Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Compositae Giseke
Genus
Haastia Hook.f.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Haastia minor (Laing) C.C.Nicholls, Breitw., J.M.Ward & Pelser, New Zealand J. Bot. (2024)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Haastia pulvinaris var. minor Laing, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 44: 67 (1912)
Holotype. NEW ZEALAND, South Island, Mt Princess, Laing s.n., Dec 1910 (CHR 333878)
Etymology:
The specific epithet minor is derived from Latin, meaning ‘smaller, less’, referring to the smaller branchlet diameter compared to H. pulvinaris.
 Description

Smaller in all parts, tomentum whiter, branchlets including lvs not > 15 mm. diam. Pappus-hairs hardly thickened above, more strongly barbellate, especially at tips.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1. as Haastia pulvinaris var. minor Laing]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 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. [as Haastia pulvinaris var. minor Laing] [Naturally uncommon]
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. [as Haastia pulvinaris var. minor Laing]
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. [as Haastia pulvinaris var. minor Laing] [Not Threatened]
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. [as Haastia pulvinaris var. minor Laing] [Data Deficient]
Laing, R.M. 1912: Some Notes on the Botany of the Spenser Mountains with a List of Species collected. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 44: 60–75.
Nicholls, C.C.; Breitwieser, I.; Ward, J.M.; Pelser, P.B. 2024: Morphometric analyses of New Zealand giant vegetable sheep lead to the recognition of its two varieties as species: Haastia pulvinaris and Haastia minor (Senecioneae: Asteraceae). New Zealand Journal of Botany (Published online: 16 May 2024 )