Manual of the New Zealand Flora.
Teibe 5. AnthemideÆ
Teibe 5. AnthemideÆ.
Heads heterogamous, radiate or discoid; or with the ray deficient and then homogamous. Involucral bracts dry or scarious at the tips. Receptacle naked or paleaceous. Anther-cells without tails. Style-branches truncate. Pappus wanting, or a crown of short scales.
Herbs, usually flaccid or succulent. Heads discoid, pedunculate; female corolla short and broad. Achenes flattened, often winged | 16. Cotula. |
Diffuse or prostrate herb. Heads discoid, sessile, axillary. Achenes hardly flattened, 3–4-ribbed or -angled | 17. Centipeda. |
Minute alpine herbs. Leaves entire, fleshy. Heads discoid. Female corolla tubular. Achene flattened, or 4-angled | 18. AbrotaNella. |