Brachyglottis lagopus

Brachyglottis lagopus
Flowers of Brachyglottis lagopus
Conservation status
Not Threatened (NZ TCS)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Asterales
Family:	Asteraceae
Genus:	Brachyglottis
Species:	B. lagopus
Binomial name
Brachyglottis lagopus (Raoul) B.Nord.
Synonyms
Senecio lagopusRaoul

Brachyglottis lagopus, commonly called mountain daisy or yellow rock daisy, is a small flowering plant native to New Zealand. B. lagopus is a variable species and can have large and very hairy leaves, and in other regions it has small leaves. Its flowers are yellow. ^[1]

Description

Brachyglottis lagopus may grow up to 45 cm tall, but is generally smaller. The leaves form a rosette appressed to the ground, but may become erect or spreading, occasionally forming multiple rosettes. The leaves may reach 25 cm long and are variably hairy, but are often covered in dense trichomes. The inflorescence can bear up to 50 yellow capitula, each 8-18 mm in diameter. A capitulum is composed of 8-18 ray florets and 14-72 disc florets. Fruit are achenes up to 6 mm long and bear a setose pappus. ^[2]

References

1. "Botanical Drawings". Otari-Wilton's Bush. Retrieved 15 May 2012.
2. Millar, Timothy R.; Breitwieser, Ilse; Pelser, Pieter B.; Smissen, Rob D. (3 July 2018). "A new classification of rosette-forming Brachyglottis (Asteraceae: Senecioneae) recognising a single species: Brachyglottis lagopus". New Zealand Journal of Botany. 56 (3): 237–263. doi:10.1080/0028825X.2018.1474769. ISSN   0028-825X.