About Brachyglottis bidwillii (Hook.fil.) B.Nord.
Brachyglottis bidwillii (Hook.fil.) B.Nord. is a shrub that reaches up to one meter in height. It has thick branches; smaller branches and petioles are covered in whitish or pale brownish hairs. Its leathery oval leaves grow up to 2.5 centimeters long; the upper leaf surfaces are shiny and hairless, while leaf undersides are covered in woolly hairs. Its inflorescence is a panicle of bell-shaped flower heads that contain disc florets. Its fruit is an achene that reaches up to 8 millimeters long including its pappus of barbed white hairs. This shrub is a dominant species in scrub habitat on the mountain ranges surrounding Nelson in the northern part of New Zealand’s South Island. It also grows in open grassland in Arthur’s Pass National Park.
