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- ≡ Erechtites quadridentatus (Labill.) DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 6, 295 (1838) – as quadridentata
Erect annual to short-lived perennial herb. Mid cauline lvs sparsely to densely white-lanate and usually green-grey on upper surface, moderately to densely white-lanate on lower surface, apetiolate, linear, entire or sometimes remotely denticulate, revolute, not amplexicaul, without lobes or with 1 narrow lobe at base, (25)–40–120–(180) × 1.5–6–(12) mm. Uppermost lvs smaller, entire. Supplementary bracts 3–5–(6), 1–1.5 mm long. Involucral bracts (8)–12–13, glabrous or sparsely lanate toward base, (5.5)–6–9 mm long. Ray florets 0. Disc yellow, c. 2 mm diam. Achenes subcylindric, narrowed to and constricted below apex, usually with 2–3 rows of hairs in narrow grooves between broad ribs, rarely almost glabrous, (2.2)–2.5–3.5 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Flowering: Jan.–Dec.