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Plant rather densely to laxly branched, procumbent, branches up to c. 25 cm. long, branchlets covered by sheathing bases of lvs, c. 5 mm. diam. Lvs up to 2 × 1 cm., obovate, upper half somewhat thickened and strongly recurved, rugose, the whole clad in dense long fulvous to rufous hairs except adaxial portion of base; veins 5–10, anastomosing above. Receptacle c. 3–5 mm. diam.; phyll. linear, tips recurved, abaxial surface pilose. Achenes 2.5–3 mm. long, linear, compressed; pappus c. 9 mm. long.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Category | Number |
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Indigenous (Endemic) | 2 |
Total | 2 |
Fruiting: Dec.–Feb.