Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Compositae Giseke
Genus
Raoulia Hook.f. ex Raoul
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Raoulia parkii Buchanan, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 14: 355, Pl. 34, fig. 3 (1881 [1882]) – as Roulia parkii
 Description

Stems prostrate, creeping and rooting, branchlets erect or ascending, ± close-set. Lvs closely imbricate, spreading to recurved at tips, ± 3–5 × 2 mm., obovate-spathulate to obovate-cuneate, broadly rounded to subtruncate at apex; basal portion glab., apical densely clad in soft white to pale buff or occ. yellowish green appressed tomentum. Capitula 4–7 mm. diam.; inner phyll. ± 4–6 mm. long, membr., linear-oblong, with expanded white radiate tips. Florets 15–25, 3–4 mm. long, c. half ♀. Achenes < 1mm. long, puberulous; pappus-hairs c. 4 mm. long, subflexuous, slightly thickened at tips, papillae claviform. Stylopodium distinct.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Buchanan, J. 1882: On the alpine flora of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 14: 342–356.
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76.
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. [Declining]
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]