Celmisia adamsii var. rugulosa Cheeseman
Type locality: Mount Manaia. Type: A, 9901, T. F. Cheeseman, Nov. 1873.
Shorter and stouter in all parts; lamina ± 15-25 cm. × 10-15 mm., ± sulcate; sheath more floccose, up to c. 4 cm. long. Scape stouter, densely floccose, up to c. 15 cm. long. Capitula up to c. 5 cm. diam. Achenes hardly > 3 mm. long.
DIST.: N. Mount Manaia and hills north of Whangarei Harbour.