Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia
Synonyms
Senecio elaeagnifolius Hook.f.
Family
Asteraceae
Flora category
Vascular – Native
Endemic taxon
Yes
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Structural class
Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons
NVS code
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BRAELA
Chromosome number
2n = 60
Current conservation status
The threat classification status of all known New Zealand vascular plant taxa at the rank of species and below were reassessed in 2017 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS) – more information about this can be found on the NZTCS website This report includes a statistical summary and brief notes on changes since 2012 and replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants. Authors: By Peter J. de Lange, Jeremy R. Rolfe, John W. Barkla, Shannel P. Courtney, Paul D. Champion, Leon R. Perrie, Sarah M. Beadel, Kerry A. Ford, Ilse Breitwieser, Ines Schönberger, Rowan Hindmarsh-Walls, Peter B. Heenan and Kate Ladley. Please note, threat classifications are often suggested by authors when publications fall between NZTCS assessment periods – a suggested threat classification status has not been assessed by the NZTCS panel.
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2017 | Not Threatened
Previous conservation statuses
2012 | Not Threatened
2009 | Not Threatened
2004 | Not Threatened
Brief description
Leathery bushy subalpine small tree. Leaves leathery, oval, dark green, fuzzy brown underneath. Twigs furry, grooved. Bark of loose thin flakes. Flowers a white furry body with a yellowish-orange tip in loose clusters at tips of twigs.
Distribution
Endemic. North, South and Stewart Islands. Widespread in the North Island mountains, including Mount Taranaki; in the South Island mostly found in mountainous areas north and west of the main divide.
Habitat
Upper montane forest and scrub.
Wetland plant indicator status rating
Information derived from the revised national wetland plant list prepared to assist councils in delineating and monitoring wetlands (Clarkson et al., 2021 Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research Contract Report LC3975 for Hawke’s Bay Regional Council). The national plant list categorises plants by the extent to which they are found in wetlands and not ‘drylands’. The indicator status ratings are OBL (obligate wetland), FACW (facultative wetland), FAC (facultative), FACU (facultative upland), and UPL (obligate upland). If you have suggestions for the Wetland Indicator Status Rating, please contact: [Enable JavaScript to view protected content]
FACU: Facultative Upland
Occasionally is a hydrophyte but usually occurs in uplands (non-wetlands).
Features
Shrub up to 3 (-5) m tall. Branches grooved; branchlets, petioles and inflorescence-branchlets clad in pale buff to whitish woolly tomentum. Leaves 60-90 × 30-50 mm, on grooved petioles up to 50 mm long; coriaceous, obovate to lanceolate-oblong, obtuse; glabrous and shining above with evident veins, clad in buff to whitish silvery appressed tomentum below. Panicle sub-pyramidal to sub-racemose, up to 150 mm long; capitula campanulate to sub-cylindric, discoid, up to 10 mm diameter, on stout woolly-tomentose pedicels; phyllaries coriaceous, oblong, obtuse, densely woolly tomentose on back (usually tan to brownish-orange). Female flower 0-3, disk-florets numerous. Achenes 1-2 mm long, angled, oblong, rough-pubescent to nearly glabrous; pappus-hairs stiff, sordid-white, up to 5 mm long, barbellate, especially towards tips.
Similar taxa
Similar to B. buchananii, which has leaves that are a different shape (elliptic, narrowed towards apex and base); more open inflorescence panicle (laxly branched), which is usually larger (250 mm).
Flowering
December-February
Flower colours
Yellow
Fruiting
December-February
Etymology
brachyglottis: Name comes from the Greek words brachus meaning “short” and glottis meaning “the vocal apparatus of the larynx”
elaeagnifolia: Eleagnus leaf
Where To Buy
Not commercially available.
Attribution
Description adapted by M. Ward from Allan (1961).
References and further reading
Allan, H. H. 1961. Flora of New Zealand. Vol. 1. Wellington: Government Printer. pg. 755.