Haastia recurva var. recurva
Common name
Haastia
Synonyms
Haastia recurva Hook.f.
Family
Asteraceae
Flora category
Vascular – Native
Endemic taxon
Yes
Endemic genus
Yes
Endemic family
No
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites
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.
Source: NZTCS and licensed by DOC for reuse under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence.
2017 | Not Threatened
Previous conservation statuses
2012 | Not Threatened
2009 | Not Threatened
2004 | Not Threatened
Distribution
Endemic. South Island: Marlborough
Habitat
Subalpine to alpine screes,
Features
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
Flowering
November - January
Flower colours
Orange, Yellow
Fruiting
December – February
Life cycle
Pappate cypselae are dispersed by wind (Thorsen et al., 2009).
Propagation technique
Difficult. Should not be removed from the wild
Etymology
haastia: After Haast
recurva: Bent back
Where To Buy
Not commercially available
Attribution
Description adapted from Allan (1961)
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