Haastia sinclairii
| Haastia sinclairii | |
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| Haastia sinclairii in Nelson Lakes National Park | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Haastia |
| Species: | H. sinclairii
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| Binomial name | |
| Haastia sinclairii Hook.f.
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Haastia sinclairii is a species of small flowering plant in the South Island of New Zealand.[2][1][3][4]
Description
[edit]A small, green plant with a single stem and leaves that seem to surround the stem in slightly revolving circles, with a white flower that can have orange or yellow petals on the outer rim. Prostrate.[5]
Allan (1961)[6] described the species this way:
Plant sparingly to much branched, decumbent to suberect. Branchlets up to c. 30 cm. long, 4-6 mm. diam. Lvs ± patent, up to 3·5 × 1·5 cm., oblong-obovate, subacute to rounded at apex, densely clad in whitish subappressed tomentum, except on adaxial surface of appressed base, upper part slightly thickened, somewhat rugose; veins 5-10, anastomosing above. Capitula c. 3 cm. diam.; receptacle 5-6 mm. diam. Phyll. narrow-oblanceolate, subacuminate, pilose on abaxial surface, c. 1 cm. long. Achenes c. 2 mm. long, narrow-linear. Pappus up to 1 cm. long.[7]
Range
[edit]Its known range is in the South Island of New Zealand.[1]
Habitat
[edit]Alpine and subalpine habitats. Scree fields, in particular.[1]
Taxonomy
[edit]Haastia sinclairii contains the following varieties:
It is in a clade together with Haastia recurva.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Haastia sinclairii var. sinclairii". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Retrieved 2025-02-04.
- ^ a b c "Haastia sinclairii". iNaturalist. Retrieved 3 February 2025.
- ^ "Haastia sinclairii Hook.f. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2025-02-04.
- ^ "Haastia sinclairii var. fulvida Allan - Biota of NZ". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Archived from the original on 2024-05-18. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
- ^ a b McPherson, K (2022). Bringing home the lost vegetable sheep: a phylogenomic study of the Senecioneae genus Haastia. University of Canterbury.
- ^ Constance, L. (1961-08-04). "Flora of New Zealand. vol. 1. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. H. H. Allan (deceased 29 October 1957). Government Printer, Wellington, 1961. liv + 1085 pp. Illus. $14.70". Science. 134 (3475): 323. doi:10.1126/science.134.3475.323. ISSN 0036-8075.
- ^ "Haastia sinclairii Hook.f. - Biota of NZ". biotanz.landcareresearch.co.nz. Archived from the original on 2024-05-18. Retrieved 2025-02-05.
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