- = Erechtites diversifolius Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 19: 324 (1887) – as diversifolia
- = Erechtites quadridentatus var. lanceolus Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 335 (1899) – as lanceola
Erect, annual or short-lived perennial herb. Mid cauline lvs usually almost glabrous on both surfaces when mature, sometimes sparsely white-lanate on upper surface and moderately white-lanate on lower, apetiolate, narrow-elliptic or narrowly elliptic-obovate to linear, usually remotely denticulate, rarely entire, usually revolute, not amplexicaul and without lobes at base, 40–100 × 3–9 mm. Uppermost lvs smaller, usually linear and often lanate, especially on lower surface. Supplementary bracts 3–5–(6), 1–2 mm long. Involucral bracts 12–13, glabrous to sparsely lanate, 4.5–5.5 mm long. Ray florets 0. Disc greenish yellow, 2–3 mm diam. Achenes subcylindric, narrowed to and slightly constricted below apex, usually with 2–3 rows of hairs mostly on the ribs, sometimes almost evenly hairy, c. 2.5 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Flowering: Nov.–Feb.