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Celmisia argentea Kirk

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Celmisia argentea Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 292 (1899)
Celmisia argentea Kirk

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Kirk
Kirk
1899
292
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Celmisia argentea Kirk
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Celmisia argentea

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argentea

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Celmisia argentea Kirk

Densely branched subshrub up to 2 dm. tall, us. rather shorter; branches ascending, stout, clad in lf-remains, up to c. 15 cm. long, woody; branchlets very close-set, ± 5 cm. long, erect or ascending. Lvs ∞, very densely imbricate, ascending; plant forming small cushions or sts mats up to ± 2 dm. diam. Lamina ± 6-12 × 0·5-1·5 mm., coriac., linear-subulate, clad on both surfaces in greyish white appressed tomentum, concavo-convex; apex subacute to acute, sts subcucullate. Sheath ± = lamina, rather broader, pale, membr., clad in long silky hairs on margins and back, becoming glab. or nearly so. Capitula sessile or nearly so, terminal, sunk among apical lvs, ± 6-12 mm. diam.; phyll. linear-subulate, almost scarious, pale except at dark tip, up to c. 10 mm. long, glab. except for a few hairs at tip, midvein distinct. Ray-florets 8-10 mm. long, tube very slender, limb about lanceolate, 3-4-toothed, veins evident. Disk-florets c. 7 mm. long, very narrow-funnelform, teeth minute, triangular. Achenes c. 3 mm. long, narrow-cyclindric, subcompressed, ribs clad in very short ascending hairs. Pappus-hairs up to 6 mm. long, white, slender, very finely barbellate.

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Celmisia argentea Kirk
Celmisia argentea Kirk
Celmisia argentea Kirk
Celmisia argentea Kirk
Celmisia argentea Kirk
Celmisia argentea Kirk
Celmisia argentea Kirk
Celmisia argentea Kirk
Celmisia argentea Kirk
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Celmisia argentea Kirk
Celmisia argentea Kirk
Celmisia argentea Kirk
Celmisia sessiliflora var. minor Petrie
Celmisia argentea Kirk

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fed2d0f8-9548-4026-9e44-71d96d348358
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1 January 2000
5 May 2006
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