Brachyglottis southlandica
Biostatus
Native
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites
Flower colours
Yellow
Detailed description
Terrestrial herb forming a leafy rosette. Stock and bases of petioles clad in long brownish hairs. Leaves spreading to erect; lamina 60-110 x 30-60 mm, ovate-oblong to suborbicular, obtuse, cordate at base, membranous; upper and lower surfaces often purplish, glabrous to sparsely clad in delicate hairs; petiole 20-150 mm long, with mingled delicate and glandular hairs. Scapes up to 350 mm long, usually several times branched, clad in mingled silky and glandular hairs; bracts few, linear. Capitula 20-40 mm diameter; phyllaries glandular-pilose, linear, obtuse; ligules yellow, up to 20 mm long. Pappus-hairs up to 5 mm long, barbellate; achenes approximately 3 mm long, linear-oblong, glabrous
Distribution
Endemic. South Island. Southland – Upper Makaroa south to Mount Aspiring to Red tussock Reserve (Slopedown) and Macraes Flat in the east.
Habitat
Lowland to montane grassland and open shrubland.
Current conservation status
The conservation status of all known New Zealand vascular plant taxa at the rank of species and below were reassessed in 2022-2023 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS) – more information about this can be found on the NZTCS website. This report includes replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants. Previous assessments can be found here.
Please note, threat classifications are often suggested by authors when publications fall between NZTCS assessment periods – these interim threat classification statuses has not been assessed by the NZTCS panel.
- Conservation status of vascular plants in Aotearoa New Zealand, 2023. 2024. Peter J. de Lange, Jane Gosden, Shannel P. Courtney, Alexander J. Fergus, John W. Barkla, Sarah M. Beadel, Paul D. Champion, Rowan Hindmarsh-Walls, Troy Makan and Pascale Michel Department of Conservation. Source: NZTCS and licensed by DOC for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
2023 | Not Threatened | Qualifiers: DPS, DPT
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Asteraceae
Synonyms
Senecio southlandicus Cockayne, Senecio southlandicus Cockayne var. southlandicus, Senecio southlandicus var. albidulus Allan, Brachyglottis southlandica var. albidula (Allan) B.Nord., Brachyglottis southlandica (Cockayne) B.Nord. var. southlandica
Taxonomic notes
Brachyglottis southlandica var. albidula (Allan) Cockayne is included within B. southlandicus because it grades into B. southlandicus throughout its known range
Endemic taxon
Yes
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Ecology
Flowering
December-February
Fruiting
December-March
Life cycle
Pappate achenes are dispersed by wind (Thorsen et al., 2009).
Other information
Etymology
brachyglottis: Name comes from the Greek words brachus meaning “short” and glottis meaning “the vocal apparatus of the larynx”
NVS code
The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.
BRASOU
Chromosome number
2n=60
Previous conservation statuses
2017 | Not Threatened
2012 | Not Threatened
2009 | Not Threatened
2004 | Not Threatened
Referencing and citations
References and further reading
Allan, H. H. 1961. Flora of New Zealand. Vol. 1. Wellington: Government Printer. pg. 740.
Thorsen, M. J.; Dickinson, K. J. M.; Seddon, P. J. 2009. Seed dispersal systems in the New Zealand flora. Perspectives in Plant Ecology, Evolution and Systematics 2009 Vol. 11 No. 4 pp. 285-309
Attribution
Description adapted by M. Ward from Allan (1961).
Some of this factsheet information is derived from Flora of New Zealand Online and is used under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 New Zealand licence.