Flora of New Zealand Series

Perennial. Stems rhizomatous; old lvs persisting. Lvs tufted at tips of rhizomes, usually entire, rarely pinnate, linear-oblanceolate, (10)-15-20 × 0.5-1 cm, tapered to long petiole; upper surface with sparse short bristles or glabrous, green; lower surface with dense appressed white tomentum, with glabrous or rarely bristly midrib; margins with sparse short bristles, revolute. Capitula solitary; peduncles (15)-20-30 cm long. Involucre 1.5-2.5-(3) cm diam., turbinate. Involucral bracts in 2-3 rows, usually with marginal bristles or glabrous, sometimes with cobwebby tomentum; free portion linear, equal or > fused portion. Ligules yellow to orange, with or without dark, white-centred blotch at base, 2.5-4.5 cm long. Disc florets dark. Achenes not seen.

N.: Wairarapa (Castlepoint), Wellington (Waikanae, Pukerua Bay); S.: Nelson City, Canterbury (Banks Peninsula).

South Africa 1988

Coastal cliffs, sand dunes, wasteland, stream banks; a garden discard persisting in scattered localities.

FL Nov-Feb.