Pachystegia Cheeseman
Capitula heterogamous, solitary; ray-florets pistillate, white; disk-florets perfect, yellow, tubular. Receptacle slightly convex, alveolate. Phyll. ∞ in many series, densely imbricate; inner with slender recurved tips. Achenes linear, densely silky-pilose; pappus of a single row of barbellate capillary bristles, slightly thickened at tips. Shrubs with tomentose branchlets and very coriac. entire lvs. Genus endemic to N.Z.
