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- ≡ Erechtites wairauensis (Belcher) Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 735 (1961)
- = Erechtites prenanthoides var. β minor Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 141 (1853)
- = Erechtites glabrescens Kirk, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 9: 550 (1877) nom. illeg., non Erechtites glabrescens DC. 1838
- = Erechtites wairauensis var. robusta Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 736 (1961)
Erect annual to short-lived perennial herb. Mid cauline lvs almost glabrous or with few scattered hairs on both surfaces, apetiolate or cuneately narrowed to appear petiolate, narrow-oblong, elliptic, or narrow-obovate, shallowly pinnately lobed and denticulate to lyrate-pinnatifid or 1-pinnatifid with ± oblong, few-toothed (rarely many-toothed) segments, amplexicaul and dentate at base or rarely not amplexicaul, (4)–6–13 × (1)–2–5 cm. Uppermost lvs smaller, often lanceolate, usually 1-pinnatifid, sometimes only dentate or entire. Supplementary bracts 3–6, 1–2 mm long. Involucral bracts (8)–12–13–(14), glabrous, 6–7–(8) mm long. Ray florets 0. Disc yellow, 2–3 mm diam. Achenes subcylindric, narrowed to and constricted below apex, glabrous or with scattered hairs in 1–3 rows in narrow grooves between broad ribs, (2.2)–3–4–(5) mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Flowering: Dec.–May.