Flora of New Zealand Series

C. fimbriata DC. var. major Hook. f. Fl. N.Z. 1, 1853, 131.

Type locality: near Hangaroa River, south of Gisborne. Type: K, "Colenso, no. 48, banks of small stream a little east of Hangaroa River, near falls".

Rosette-lvs 6-20 × 1·5-2.5 cm., petiole about = lamina; thin with evident venation; narrow- to rather broad-obovate, cuneately narrowed to petiole, apiculate, surfaces glab. to very sparsely clad in short hairs; margins nude to ciliate, or with obscure fringe of hairs. Scape-lvs ovate, lower up to 5 cm. long. Scapes 15-40 cm. or more tall, 1-2 mm. diam., glab. or with scattered short hairs. Glomerules 1·5-2 cm. diam., phyll. c. 4 mm. long, about oblong; florets c. 4 mm. long, yellow. Achenes c. 2.5 mm. long, turbinate to subcompressed, densely clad in long silky hairs; pappus-hairs c. 4 mm. long.

DIST.: N., S. Lowland to montane and subalpine grassland, herbfield, boggy ground and open shrubland from lat. 38° to 46°.