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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Haastia sinclairii Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 156 (1864) – as Haastia Sinclairii
Description
Plant sparingly to much branched, decumbent to suberect. Branchlets up to c. 30 cm. long, 4–6 mm. diam. Lvs ± patent, up to 3·5 × 1·5 cm., oblong-obovate, subacute to rounded at apex, densely clad in whitish subappressed tomentum, except on adaxial surface of appressed base, upper part slightly thickened, somewhat rugose; veins 5–10, anastomosing above. Capitula c. 3 cm. diam.; receptacle 5–6 mm. diam. Phyll. narrow-oblanceolate, subacuminate, pilose on abaxial surface, c. 1 cm. long. Achenes c. 2 mm. long, narrow-linear. Pappus up to 1 cm. long.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Category | Number |
---|---|
Indigenous (Endemic) | 2 |
Total | 2 |
Phenology
Fruiting: Dec.–Mar.
Bibliography
Hooker, J.D. 1864: Handbook of the New Zealand Flora: a systematic description of the native plants of New Zealand and the Chatham, Kermadec's, Lord Auckland's, Campbell's and Macquarie's Islands. Part I. Reeve, London.