Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia

Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Tribe:	Senecioneae
Genus:	Brachyglottis
Species:	B. elaeagnifolia
Binomial name
	Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia; (Hook.f.) B.Nord.
Synonyms
	Senecio elaeagnifolia

Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia is a species of flowering plant in the aster family, Asteraceae. It is endemic to New Zealand,^[1] where it is limited to the North Island.^[2]

This is a shrub growing up to 3 meters tall. The branches are grooved and the smaller branches and petioles are coated in whitish or pale brownish hairs. The leathery leaves are widely lance-shaped to oblong and up to 9 centimeters long. The upper surfaces are shiny and hairless and the undersides have silvery whitish or brownish hairs. The inflorescence is a panicle of woolly flower heads containing disc florets. The fruit is an achene 1 to 2 millimeters long with a pappus of barbed white hairs up to 5 millimeters long.^[1]

Volcanic debris on Mount Taranaki has been colonized by this species, which occurs in dense stands up to 100 years old.^[3]

References

1 2 Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia. NZ Flora.
↑ "Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 January 2018.
↑ Clarkson, B. D. (1990). A review of vegetation development following recent (<450 years) volcanic disturbance in North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 14, 59-71.

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[nzf-1] 1 2 Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia. NZ Flora.

[2] "Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 23 January 2018.

[3] Clarkson, B. D. (1990). A review of vegetation development following recent (<450 years) volcanic disturbance in North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Ecology 14, 59-71.