Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Compositae Giseke
Genus
Leptinella Cass.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Leptinella pectinata subsp. willcoxii (Cheeseman) D.G.Lloyd & C.J.Webb, New Zealand J. Bot. 25: 103 (1987)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Cotula willcoxii Cheeseman, Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 48: 212 (1916)
  • ≡ Cotula pectinata subsp. willcoxii (Cheeseman) D.G.Lloyd, New Zealand J. Bot. 10: 357-358 (1972)
  • = Cotula monticola G.Simpson, Trans. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 79: 434 (1952)
 Description

Stems and ∞ branches wiry, creeping, rooting, sparsely hairy to nearly glab., us. forming rather compact patches. Lvs us. rather densely fascicled at nodes, on petioles ± 5–12 mm. long, sheathing. Lamina narrow-obovate to narrow-oblong, gland-dotted, ± fleshy, glab. or very nearly so, sts with sparse marginal hairs, (5)–7–10 × (5)–7–10 mm. Pinnae few, sts 1 pair with a terminal lobe, 2–4 pairs, or sts the lamina is irregularly cut into several segs. Scape 1–3–(5) cm. long, slender, ± clad in subappressed silky hairs, nude. Capitula 6–8–10 mm. diam., receptacle convex. Phyll. in 1–2 series, ± clad in dense appressed hairs on outside; outer linear, ± 4 mm. long, inner ovate to oval, ± 2 mm. long, midvein evident, tips purplish, erose, margins scarious. ♀ in 2–3 series (not seen by me); ♂ c. 3 mm. long, narrow-funnelform, with 4 minute triangular teeth. Achenes narrow-obovoid, compressed, eglandular, 1–1·5 mm. long, weakly ribbed.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Cotula willcoxii Cheeseman]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Cheeseman, T.F. 1916: New species of plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 48: 210–215.
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. [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. [Not Threatened]
Lloyd, D.G. 1972: A revision of the New Zealand, Subantarctic, and South American species of Cotula, section Leptinella. New Zealand Journal of Botany 10: 277–372.
Lloyd, D.G.; Webb, C. J. 1987: The reinstatement of Leptinella at generic rank, and the status of the 'Cotuleae' (Asteraceae, Anthemideae). New Zealand Journal of Botany 25: 99–105.
Simpson, G. 1952: Notes on some New Zealand plants and descriptions of new species (No. 5). Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand 79: 419–435.