Flora of New Zealand Series

G. novae-zelandiae Sch. Bip. in Bot. Ztg 3, 1845, 171.

Helichrysum micranthum A. Cunn. ex DC. Prodr. 6, 1838, 189?

Type locality: near falls of Keri Keri River, Whangarei. Type: K, R. Cunningham, 1834.

Main stems decumbent, with ∞ slender spreading branches up to 3 dm. long. Lvs sessile, c. 4-7 cm. × 3-10 mm., upper smaller; narrow-lanceolate to narrow-oblanceolate, acute; glab. above, clad in dense white appressed tomentum below; margins slightly revolute, midrib evident, lateral nerves invisible or obscure. Infl. corymbose, with slender tomentose branchlets and hardly foliaceous bracts. Capitula up to 1 cm. diam., receptacle c. 3 mm. diam., alveolate, slightly convex. Phyll. oblong, white, clawed, c. 5 mm. long. Achenes c. 0∙75 mm. long, glab. Pappus-hairs c. 15, < 5 mm. long, slender.

DIST.: N., S. Lowland to montane streamsides from lat. 35° to 43°.

FL. 9-2. FT. 11-4.