Abrotanella caespitosa Petrie ex Kirk is a plant in the Asteraceae family, order Asterales, kingdom Plantae. Not known to be toxic.

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Abrotanella caespitosa Petrie ex Kirk

Abrotanella caespitosa Petrie ex Kirk

Abrotanella caespitosa is a cushion-forming plant native to New Zealand that grows in alpine herbfield habitats.

Family
Genus
Abrotanella
Order
Asterales
Class
Magnoliopsida

About Abrotanella caespitosa Petrie ex Kirk

Abrotanella caespitosa Petrie ex Kirk grows in a loose cushion form, with runners that bear spaced-out scale leaves. Its leaves are narrower than the leaves of its close relatives, and its leaves do not have a waxy bloom. This species occurs in the South Island and southern North Island of New Zealand, where it grows in alpine herbfield habitats.

Photo: (c) Alice Shanks, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Alice Shanks · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Plantae Tracheophyta Magnoliopsida Asterales Asteraceae Abrotanella

More from Asteraceae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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