Aciphylla crosby-smithii Petrie

Species

Angiosperms > Apiales > Apiaceae > Aciphylla

Characteristics

Stock very stout, woody, multicipital, bearing crowded rosettes up to 15 cm. diam. and 20 cm. tall; the whole plant forming cushionlike masses up to ± 6 dm. diam. Lvs extending along base of stem.; sheaths membr., c. 4 × 1·5 cm., narrowing to c. 1 cm. at apex; stipules c. 35 × 5 mm., narrowing to small mucro; petioles and internodes very short; pinnae 2-3 pairs, linear-oblong, ± 3 cm. × 3-4 mm., with slightly thickened yellowish margins and apex with pungent mucro. Stems grooved, ± 25 × (2)-4-5 cm.; upper nude part rather slender. Infl. ± globose head of compound umbels; involucral bracts with thick sheaths up to ± 2 cm. long and lflike stipules and lamina. Primary umbels us. several. c. 2.5 cm. diam., secondary on almost filiform rays.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
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Distribution

Aciphylla crosby-smithii world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:837202-1
WFO ID wfo-0000516619
COL ID 9C8R
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Synonyms

Aciphylla crosby-smithii