Cotula sericea (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan
Details
Cotula sericea (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 57: 52 (1927)
Nomenclature
Cockayne & Allan
Kirk
(Kirk) Cockayne & Allan
1927
52
ICN
species
Cotula sericea
Classification
Descriptions
Cotula sericea (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan
Stems rather stout, wiry, creeping, rooting, closely branched, ± silky-hairy to glab.; branches stiff, ascending at tips, internodes short. Lvs tufted at nodes, on petioles up to c. 7 mm. long including sheathing base. Lamina densely clad in silky subappressed hairs, membr., 8-16 × 2-4 mm., narrow- to obovate-oblong to oblong, pinnate to pinnatisect; pinnae linear-subulate, close-set, 8-12 pairs, apiculate, toothed on upper margins or sts entire. Scape rather stout, (5)-10-15-(20) mm. long, densely clad in ascending silky hairs, nude. Capitula 5-8-(10) mm. diam.; receptacle very slightly convex. Phyll. in 2-3 series, densely silky-hairy on outer surface; outer obovate-oblong to narrowly ovate-lanceolate, c. 4 mm. long; inner ± broad-ovate, c. 3 mm. long. Florets very glandular; ♀ in 2-3 series, corolla ovoid, minutely 2-4-toothed. ♂ tubular to narrow-funnelform, c. 2 mm. long, 4-toothed. Achenes ± curved, narrow-obovoid compressed, 1-2 mm. long, plano-convex, ± keeled, eglandular.
Taxonomic concepts
Cotula sericea (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan
Cotula sericea (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan
Cotula sericea (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan
Cotula sericea (Kirk) Cockayne & Allan
Metadata
7c6f9f40-1a24-4291-a8c1-f464dc5f78ac
scientific name
Names_Plants
24 June 2002
27 June 2006