Pachystegia Cheeseman

Ōhau rock daisy (en)

Genus

Angiosperms > Asterales > Asteraceae

Characteristics

Capitula heterogamous, solitary; ray-florets pistillate, white; disk-florets perfect, yellow, tubular. Receptacle slightly convex, alveolate. Phyll. ∞ in many series, densely imbricate; inner with slender recurved tips. Achenes linear, densely silky-pilose; pappus of a single row of barbellate capillary bristles, slightly thickened at tips. Shrubs with tomentose branchlets and very coriac. entire lvs. Genus endemic to N.Z.
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Images

Pachystegia unspecified picture

Distribution

Pachystegia world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:10361-1
WFO ID wfo-4000027705
COL ID 6C2V
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
Wikipedia (FR)

Synonyms

Pachystegia

Lower taxons

Pachystegia rufa Pachystegia minor Pachystegia insignis