Class
Order
Family
Genus
Perennial with short, vertical, much-branched caudex and ∞ fleshy taproots. Lvs all basal, glab. or furfuraceous, entire to denticulate to pinnatifid. Scapes ± furfuraceous, naked, unbranched, striate. Bracteoles deltoid to elliptic or lanceolate, obtuse to acuminate. Florets yellow, conspicuously exceeding phyll. Achenes narrowed to base, distinctly ribbed, the ribs smooth. Pappus-hairs c. 14–24, stiff, brownish, widened to membranous base, barbellate above.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Flowering: Dec.–Feb.–(May); Fruiting: Jan.–Mar.–(Jun.)