Gnaphalium mackayi (Buchanan) Cockayne
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Gnaphalium mackayi (Buchanan) Cockayne, Veg. N.Z. 439 (1928)
Nomenclature
(Buchanan) Cockayne
Buchanan
Cockayne
1928
439
ICN
species
Gnaphalium mackayi
Classification
Vernacular names
Descriptions
Gnaphalium mackayi (Buchanan) Cockayne
Perennial with much-branched stems terminating in leafy rosettes and usually forming mats, 1-7 cm tall. Lvs mostly in basal rosettes; basal lvs cuneate to short petiole, densely white-tomentose on both surfaces including mid-vein but usually excluding petiole on upper, plane, elliptic to broad-elliptic or spathulate, usually obtuse, sometimes acute, mucronate, (3)-6-12-(20) × (2)-3-6 mm; cauline lvs 1-few, apetiolate, reduced upwards and becoming ovate-triangular to linear, amplexicaul and finally scalelike. Capitula c. 2-4 mm diam., usually solitary, very rarely 2 together; subtending lvs < capitula; scape terminal, simple, erect, amongst lvs at flowering, usually elongating somewhat at fruiting. Involucral bracts elliptic-oblong, obtuse to subacute, 4.5-6 mm long; stereome green or tinged reddish purple at apex; lamina pale brown, with darker band at base; gap and margins clear or tinged reddish purple. Achenes glabrous, c. 1.2 mm long.
Taxonomic concepts
Gnaphalium mackayi (Buchanan) Cockayne
Gnaphalium mackayi (Buchanan) Cockayne
Gnaphalium mackayi (Buchanan) Cockayne
Gnaphalium mackayi (Buchanan) Cockayne
Gnaphalium mackayi (Buchanan) Cockayne
Gnaphalium mackayi (Buchanan) Cockayne
Gnaphalium mackayi (Buchanan) Cockayne
Gnaphalium mackayi (Buchanan) Cockayne
Gnaphalium mackayi (Buchanan) Cockayne
Gnaphalium mackayi (Buchanan) Cockayne
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
19 April 2004