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- = Lagenophora petiolata var. α Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 125 (1853) – as Lagenophora petiolata var. α
- = Lagenophora purpurea Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 257-258 (1899)
- ≡ Lagenophora pumila var. purpurea (Kirk) G. Simpson, Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 75: 196 (1945) – as Lagenophora pumila var. purpuratea
- = Lagenophora pumila var. multidentata (G.Simpson & J.S.Thomson) G.Simpson, Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 75: 197 (1945) – as Lagenophora pumila var. multidentata
Rhizome slender, branching; basal lvs rosulate at nodes, plants forming open patches. Lamina ± 10–20 × 10–20 mm., suborbicular to ovate-oblong to broad-elliptic, truncate to rather abruptly cuneate at base, thinly coriac.; strigulose-hairy to nearly glab.; margins rather distantly sparingly crenate-serrate to sinuate or subentire; teeth distinctly apiculate. Petioles (10)–20–30 mm. long, slender. Cauline lvs similar, several to few to 0. Scapes 6–10–15 cm. long, slender, glab. to rather densely hairy; bracts few to 0, ± 2–3 mm. long, linear. Capitula 5–8–(10) mm. diam. Phyll. linear, ± acute, ciliolate, us. with narrow scarious margins. Achenes c. 2.5 × 0.75 mm., subobliquely obovate, distinctly curved, almost turgid; margins thickened. Beak c. 0.75 mm. long, continuing curvature of margins.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Flowering: Nov.–Jan.; Fruiting: Dec.–Apr.