Abrotanella pusilla | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Clade: | Asterids |
Order: | Asterales |
Family: | Asteraceae |
Genus: | Abrotanella |
Species: | A. pusilla |
Binomial name | |
Abrotanella pusilla | |
Synonyms | |
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Abrotanella pusilla is a member of the daisy family and is endemic species of New Zealand. [3]
Stock slender, multicipital, or the branches elongate, creeping and rooting; lvs scattered along branches and tufted at base of erect peduncles clad in lflike bracts; ± 1-1∙5 cm. × 1 mm., linear, straight to falcate, spreading to recurved, apiculate to subacute, coriac., glab. to sparsely hairy near sheathing base. Peduncles slender, up to c. 2 cm. long in fr. Capitula c. 5 mm. diam.; phyll. 8-14, oblong, obtuse to subacute, c. 3 mm. long, veins often obscure. Florets 10-25; achenes linear-clavate, 4-ribbed on one face, each rib produced into a short appendage. [4] [ attribution needed ]
Abrotanella pusilla was collected and described by Joseph Dalton Hooker. The name pusilla likely comes from the hairy sheathing near the base, as pusilla means 'hairy' in Latin.
Subalpine and subarctic biomes. [3]
It can host several species of fungi. [5]
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