| Raoulia grandiflora | |
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| Raoulia grandiflora in Nelson Lakes National Park | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Raoulia |
| Species: | R. grandiflora |
| Binomial name | |
| Raoulia grandiflora Hook.f. 1852 | |
Raoulia grandiflora, or the large-flowered mat daisy, [1] is a species of flowering plant from the South Island of New Zealand. [2] [3] [1]
A small, sessile flowering plant with white flowers.
Stems woody at base, much-branched; branches and branchlets densely to rather loosely arranged, the plant forming cushions or mats up to c. 15 cm. diam., occ. of more open habit. Lvs densely imbricate, 5-10 × 1-2 mm., 3-nerved, ovate-lanceolate-spathulate, tapering to subacute tip, clad in upper part on both surfaces in appressed silvery tomentum, loosely tomentose near base. Capitula up to 1·5 cm. diam.; inner phyll. linear, contracted near middle, obtuse, with conspicuous white radiate tips up to c. 5 mm. long. Florets 25-45; ♀ 8-15 with narrow slender corolla, perfect with funnelform corolla. Stylopodium prominent. Achenes < 1 mm. long, clad in silky hairs; pappus-hairs c. 5 mm. long, stiff, slightly thickened at tips. [4]
While some authorities consider it only a South Island species, [3] it can also be found on the North Island south of Mt. Hikurangi in suitable habitat. [1]
This plant is found in subalpine or subarctic biomes. [3] Normally, it is in mountainous areas, found among rocks or near scree fields. [1] It is also found in tussock areas and gravel fields. [5]
This species often appears in scree fields where tussock mats leave openings. [6] It can be found in communities with Anisotome aromatica, Celmisia laricifolia, and Cyathodes dealbata. In small hollows that accumulate water with a sandy substrate, it can be found in colluvium with Epilobium pernitens, Carpha alpina, Oreomyrrhis colensoi, and Viola cunninghamii. [6] In tussockland it associates with Chionochloa crassiuscula and Celmisia haastii, and it can also be found in gravel areas where as much as 90% of the area is rock. [5] In gravel fields it is know to associate with Veronica pulvinaris, Anisotome imbricata, and Dracophyllum pronum. [5]
grandiflora means 'large flowers' in Latin. [1]
R. grandiflora is a member of the Asteraceae. It has been known to hybridize with Raoulia bryoides. [7]
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Raoulia is a genus of New Zealand plants in the tribe Gnaphalieae within the family Asteraceae.
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Ichneutica disjungens is a moth of the family Noctuidae. This species is endemic to New Zealand and can be found on the central volcanic plateau of the North Island and in the eastern as well as the south western parts of the South Island. I. disjungens inhabits tussock grasslands in the alpine and subalpine zones. The hosts of the larvae of this species include Poa cita, P. colensoi, and Festuca novae-zelandiae. The adults of this species are distinctive and are unlikely to be confused with other species. They are on the wing between October and March.
Myosotis colensoi is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Thomas Kirk described the species in 1896. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial rosettes with bracteate inflorescences and white corollas.
Myosotis glabrescens is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Lucy Moore described the species in 1961. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are tightly compacted, perennial mats with bracteate inflorescences and white corollas.
Myosotis pulvinaris or the Cushion Forget-Me-Not is a species of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Joseph Dalton Hooker described the species in 1867. Plants of this species of forget-me-not are perennial with a prostrate, compact, cushion habit, short bracteate inflorescences, and white corollas.
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Myosotis antarcticasubsp. antarctica is a subspecies of flowering plant in the family Boraginaceae, native to New Zealand, Campbell Island, and southern Chile. Joseph Dalton Hooker described the species in his 19th century work Flora Antarctica. Plants of this subspecies of forget-me-not are perennial with a prostrate habit, bracteate inflorescences, and white or blue corollas. It is one of two native Myosotis in the New Zealand subantarctic islands, the other being M. capitata, which also has blue corollas.
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Raoulia hookeri, also called scabweed and mat daisy, is a species of mat-forming plant.
