Pleurophyllum lyallii (Hook.f.) Heenan
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Pleurophyllum lyallii (Hook.f.) Heenan, New Zealand J. Bot. 18 (online) (2026)
Pleurophyllum lyallii (Hook.f.) Heenan
Nomenclature
Heenan
Hook.f.
(Hook.f.) Heenan
2026
18 (online)
ICN
species
Pleurophyllum lyallii
Classification
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is host of
is host of
Descriptions
Lvs 10-20 × 5-10 cm., broad-obovate, crenate-dentate, abruptly acuminate; capitula up to 3 cm. long; florets purplish; phyll. lanceolate, ± pilose on back, up to 1 cm. long; achenes 4-5 mm. long, densely pilose; pappus-hairs up to 6 mm. long.
Shrub or tree up to 10 m. tall; trunk up to 6 dm. diam.; branchlets stout, densely white-tomentose. Lvs 10-25 cm. long including petiole up to 5 mm. or more long, elliptic-ovate to ovate-orbicular, abruptly acute to acuminate, clad in dense white woolly tomentum below, irregularly doubly crenate. Racemes up to 26 cm. long with pedicels up to 8 cm. long subtended by woolly bracts. Capitula 3-4 cm. diam.; phyll. ∞ in several series, linear-oblong, acute, glab. except towards tips and on margins; florets dark brown; achenes 7 mm. long, ribbed, densely pilose; pappus-hairs up to 8 cm. long, dull white.
Taxonomic concepts
Eurybia lyallii Hook.f.
Pleurophyllum lyallii (Hook.f.) Heenan
Eurybia lyallii Hook.f.
Macrolearia lyallii (Hook.f.) Saldivia
Macrolearia lyallii (Hook.f.) Saldivia
Pleurophyllum lyallii (Hook.f.) Heenan
Macrolearia lyallii (Hook.f.) Saldivia
Olearia colensoi var. grandis G.Simpson
Olearia colensoi var. grandis G.Simpson
Olearia colensoi var. grandis G.Simpson
Olearia colensoi var. grandis G.Simpson
Olearia lyallii Hook.f.
Olearia lyallii Hook.f.
Olearia lyallii Hook.f.
Olearia lyallii Hook.f.
Pleurophyllum lyallii (Hook.f.) Heenan
Pleurophyllum lyallii (Hook.f.) Heenan
Pleurophyllum lyallii (Hook.f.) Heenan
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2 October 2026
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