Haastia recurva var. recurva
Common names
Haastia
Biostatus
Native – Endemic taxon
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites
Flower colours
Orange, Yellow
Detailed description
Dirty greyish-yellow to grey-coloured, summer-green, perennial plant forming rather densely to laxly branched, procumbent patches. Branches up to c.250 mm long; branchlets covered by sheathing bases of leaves, c.5 mm diameter. Leaves up to 20 × 10 mm, obovate, upper half somewhat thickened and strongly recurved, rugose, the whole clad in dense long fulvous to rufous hairs except adaxial portion of base; veins 5-10, anastomosing above. Receptacle c.3-5 mm. diameter; involucral bracts linear, tips recurved, under surface pilose. Achenes 2.5-3.0 mm. long, linear, compressed; pappus c.9 mm long.
Similar taxa
Distinguished from Haastia pulvinaris by the less compact, openly branched, distinctly leafy growth habit. Haastia recurva differs from H. sinclairii by the very strongly recurved leaves, and floccose rather than appressed to subappressed leaf tomentum. Haastia recurva var. wallii is chiefly distinguished from var. recurva by the small leaves and capitula; by the hairs which are mostly whiter and by the distinctly apiculate rather than linear, recurved involucral bracts
Distribution
Endemic. South Island: Marlborough
Habitat
Subalpine to alpine screes,
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.
- 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
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Synonyms
Haastia recurva Hook.f.
Endemic taxon
Yes
Endemic genus
Yes
Endemic family
No
Ecology
Flowering
November - January
Fruiting
December – February
Life cycle and dispersal
Pappate cypselae are dispersed by wind (Thorsen et al., 2009).
Propagation technique
Difficult. Should not be removed from the wild
Other information
Where To Buy
Not commercially available
Etymology
haastia: After Haast
recurva: Bent back
Chromosome number
2n = 60
Previous conservation statuses
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.
- 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.
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. I, Government Printer, Wellington.
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
Description adapted 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.