Abrotanella pusilla is a member of the daisy family and is endemic species of New Zealand. [3]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Asterales |
| Family: | Asteraceae |
| Genus: | Abrotanella |
| Species: | A. pusilla
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Description
editStock slender, multicipital, or the branches elongate, creeping and rooting; lvs scattered along branches and tufted at base of erect peduncles clad in lflike bracts; ± 1-1∙5 cm. × 1 mm., linear, straight to falcate, spreading to recurved, apiculate to subacute, coriac., glab. to sparsely hairy near sheathing base. Peduncles slender, up to c. 2 cm. long in fr. Capitula c. 5 mm. diam.; phyll. 8-14, oblong, obtuse to subacute, c. 3 mm. long, veins often obscure. Florets 10-25; achenes linear-clavate, 4-ribbed on one face, each rib produced into a short appendage.[4]
Taxonomy
editAbrotanella pusilla was collected and described by Joseph Dalton Hooker. The name pusilla likely comes from the hairy sheathing near the base, as pusilla means 'hairy' in Latin.
Habitat
editSubalpine and subarctic biomes.[3]
Ecology
editIt can host several species of fungi.[5]
References
edit- ^ "Abrotanella pusilla (Hook.f.) Hook.f." Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ "Trineuron pusillum Hook.f. is a synonym of Abrotanella pusilla (Hook.f.) Hook.f." The Plant List. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
- ^ a b Kew Science Plants of the World Online, retrieved 1 July 2020
- ^ "Abrotanella pusilla (Hook.f.) Hook.f." Biota of NZ. 26 January 2006. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ "Abrotanella pusilla (Hook.f.) Hook.f." Biota of NZ. 10 May 2011. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
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