Abrotanella pusilla
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Abrotanella |
| Species: | A. pusilla
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Abrotanella pusilla is a member of the daisy family and is endemic species of New Zealand. [3]
Description
[edit]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]
Taxonomy
[edit]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.
Habitat
[edit]Subalpine and subarctic biomes.[3]
Ecology
[edit]It can host several species of fungi.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Abrotanella pusilla (Hook.f.) Hook.f." Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ "Trineuron pusillum Hook.f. is a synonym of Abrotanella pusilla (Hook.f.) Hook.f." The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ a b Kew Science Plants of the World Online, retrieved 1 July 2020
- ^ "Abrotanella pusilla (Hook.f.) Hook.f." Biota of NZ. 26 January 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ "Abrotanella pusilla (Hook.f.) Hook.f." Biota of NZ. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
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