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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Craspedia uniflora var. grandis Allan

Var. grandis Allan var. nov. 

Type locality: Mount Rimutaka. Type: BD 59170, V. D. Zotov, 28/1/1947.

Rosette-lvs c. 10-15 × 2 cm., obovate-spathulate, apiculate, cuneately narrowed to petiole, surfaces with sparse cottony and subhispid hairs, woolly margin narrow but distinct. Lower scape-lvs narrow-obovate to elliptic. Scapes 15-45 cm. long, 2-3 mm. diam., sparsely clad in cottony hairs, becoming glab.; glomerules c.2 cm. diam.; achenes c. 1·5 mm. long, clad in appressed silky hairs.

DIST.: N. Montane to subalpine damp grassland, herbfield and boggy ground: Ruahine, Tararua and Rimutaka Ranges.

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