Gingidia flabellata
Common names
Stewart Island aniseed
Biostatus
Native – Endemic taxon
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites
Flower colours
Orange, Yellow
Detailed description
Stout, non-rhizomatous herbs, bases covered with withered dead leaf remnants. Petioles stout 10-20 x 0.75-1.5 mm; sheaths 7-12 x 5-10 mm. Leaves once-pinnate, fleshy, 45-55 x 1.0-15 mm, dark green; leaflets sessile or shortly petiolulate; 1-4 pairs of equal size (4.5-5.0 x 4.5-7.5 mm), flabellate, reniform to irregular, simple, never incised; stomata equally abundant on both surfaces, margins obtuse dentate or crenate to edentate. Inflorescences 20-60 mm long with axes 0.75-2.50 mm diameter; compound umbels 1(-2) per inflorescence, simple umbels 2-7 per compound umbel, bracts free or partially fused; flowers up to 12 per simple umbel, styles 1.0-1.5 mm long. Mericarps (excluding style) 2.5-3.0 mm long, dull light orange-yellow to orange, vittae red-brown, brown to dark brown; ovate, apex narrowed to 2-3 ovate-triangular calyx teeth and recurved style; surface broadly convex with 5 equal ribs.
Similar taxa
Under current concepts morphologically allied to G. enysii (Kirk) J.W.Dawson sens. lat. from which it differs by the absence on the leaves of any glaucous bloom, by the leaflet teeth which are wider than long or with entire margins, and by its allopatric distribution (i.e. endemic to Stewart Island)
Distribution
Endemic. Stewart Island
Habitat
Almost exclusively coastal. Usually growing in south facing sites subject to salt spray. Amongst rocks, on cliff faces and in peat overlying rock ledges, and in peaty coastal turf. Very rarely found inland on bare granitic rock and associated talus.
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 | At Risk – Naturally Uncommon | Qualifiers: DPS, DPT, RR
Threats
Not Threatened - but generally localised and mainly found in the south-west of the island.
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Apiaceae
Synonyms
Ligusticum flabellatum Kirk, Aciphylla flabellata (Kirk) Cockayne, Anisotome flabellata (Kirk) Cockayne, Gingidium flabellatum (Kirk) J.W.Dawson
Endemic taxon
Yes
Endemic genus
No
Endemic family
No
Ecology
Flowering
November - January
Fruiting
December - May
Life cycle and dispersal
Winged mericarps are dispersed by wind (Thorsen et al., 2009).
Propagation technique
Easily grown from fresh seed but not often cultivated.
Other information
Where To Buy
Not commercially available
Plant of the Month
This plant has been featured as a Plant of the Month – see Trilepidea: NZPCN newsletter for August 2022 for the full story.
Etymology
gingidia: A Syrian carrot
flabellata: Fan shaped; from the Latin flabellum; shape of the leaves
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.
GINFLA
Chromosome number
2n = 22
Previous conservation statuses
2017 | At Risk – Naturally Uncommon | Qualifiers: DP, RR
2012 | At Risk – Naturally Uncommon | Qualifiers: RR
2009 | At Risk – Naturally Uncommon
2004 | Range Restricted
Referencing and citations
References and further reading
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 11: 285-309
Attribution
Fact sheet prepared by P.J. de Lange for NZPCN (1 June 2013)
NZPCN Fact Sheet citation
Please cite as: de Lange, P.J. (Year at time of access): Gingidia flabellata Fact Sheet (content continuously updated). New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/gingidia-flabellata/ (Date website was queried)