Flora of New Zealand Series

H. prostratum Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. 1, 1844, 30.

Gnaphalium prostratum Hook. f. Fl. N.Z. 1, 1853, 137.

Type locality: Campbell Id. Type: K, J. D. Hooker, Dec. 1840. Also reported from N.: Titiokura, Colenso; Mount Egmont, Dieffenbach. S.: Broken River, Kirk; Dunedin, Petrie.

Capitula sessile or subsessile at tips of branchlets; receptacle conical.

DIST.: A., C. Rocky places and banks, coastal to montane.

Of doubtful status. The specimens at K have subsessile heads; there are 6 pieces, not all alike.