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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Haastia Hook.f., Handb. New Zealand Fl. 155 (1864)
Description
Capitula solitary, sessile, terminal, heterogamous; phyll. in c. 2 series, linear, scarious on margins and at tips, outer us. woolly-hairy without, inner less densely clad; receptacle flat, small, slightly alveolate; florets tubular; outer florets pistillate, ∞, style-arms far-exserted; disk-florets perfect, ∞; anther-cells obtuse at base; style-arms of disk-florets papillose at tips. Pappus of one or two series of slender, long, rather rigid, ± barbellate hairs ± thickened in upper third. Achenes linear-oblong, compressed to subterete, glab. Subshrubs or herbs woody at base; branchlets us. concealed by persistent lvs. Genus endemic to N.Z.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Endemic) | 3 |
| Total | 3 |
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.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
