Flora of New Zealand Series

G. Keriense var. linifolia Hook. f. Fl. N.Z. 1, 1853, 138.

Type locality: "dry hilly country west side Ruataniwha Plains". Type: W, H. Hill, 1884.

Main stems decumbent, branches ∞, branchlets stiff, suberect, brittle, c. 2-3 mm. diam. Lvs 2-4 cm. × 2-5 mm., linear-oblanceolate, apiculate, margins us. strongly revolute; upper surface glab., lower with appressed white tomentum, midrib evident, lateral veins invisible or very obscure. Infl. corymbose; branchlets slender, tomentose, bracteate. Capitula c. 1-1∙5 cm. diam.; phyll. white, c. 5 mm. long, clawed. Achenes hardly > 0∙5 mm. long, glab. Pappus-hairs c. 10, hardly > 2 mm. long.

DIST.: N. Dry open ground and rocks from lat. 37° 30' southwards. S. Gile's Creek, near Westport, Townson.

Fl. 9-1. FT. 11-3.