Haastia recurva var. wallii
Common names
Haastia
Biostatus
Native – Endemic taxon
Category
Vascular
Structural class
Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites
Detailed description
Dirty greyish-white, summer-green, perennial plant forming rather densely to laxly branched, procumbent patches. Branches up to c.200 mm long; branchlets covered by sheathing bases of leaves, c.3 mm diameter. Leaves up to 15 × 9 mm, obovate, upper half somewhat thickened and strongly recurved, rugose, the whole clad in dense long whitish hairs except for upper portion of base; veins 5-10, anastomosing above. Receptacle c.3-5 mm. diameter; involucral bracts linear, tips apiculate, 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. recurva is chiefly distinguished from var. wallii by the larger leaves and capitula; by the hairs which are greyish-yellow, fulvous to almost rufous and by the linear, recurved rather than distinctly apiculate involucral bracts.
Distribution
Endemic. South Island: south 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 | Data Deficient
Threats
Unknown - the status of this variety needs critical investigation. It is seemingly very uncommon but beyond that no clear threats to it are evident. In some parts of its range it may be threatened by feral goats.
Detailed taxonomy
Family
Synonyms
None (first described in 1918)
Endemic taxon
Yes
Endemic genus
Yes
Endemic family
No
Ecology
Flowering
November - January
Fruiting
December – February
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
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 | Data Deficient
2012 | Data Deficient
2009 | Data Deficient
2004 | Range Restricted
Referencing and citations
References and further reading
Allan HH. 1961. Flora of New Zealand, Volume I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington, NZ. 1085 p.
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.