Roldana petasitis

Pomare, Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 29/08/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Close up of flowers, Roldana petasitis, St Lukes Road, Mt Albert, Auckland.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Date taken: 02/09/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Roldana petasitis shrub in full flower, St Lukes Road, Mt Albert, Auckland.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Date taken: 02/09/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Seed heads. Auckland. Oct 2006.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>.

Roldana petasitis.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

velvet groundsel

Family

Asteraceae

Authority

Roldana petasitis (Sims) H.Robinson & Brettell

Flora category

Vascular – Exotic

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledonous composites

Conservation status

Not applicable

Habitat

Terrestrial.

Detailed description

Erect perennial shrub up to 2m tall. Large round hairy leaves (up to 20 cm). bunches of yellow daisy flowers July-November. Branches hairy. Similar to Bartlettina. (DOC, 1998)

Flowering

July, August, September, October, November

Flower colours

Yellow

Life cycle

Seeds produced in profusion, wind dispersed (DOC, 1998).

Year naturalised

1985

Origin

Mexico

Reason for introduction

Ornamental

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