About Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia (Hook.fil.) B.Nord.
Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia (Hook.fil.) B.Nord. is a shrub that grows up to 3 metres tall. Its branches are grooved, while smaller branches and petioles are covered in whitish or pale brownish hairs. The leathery leaves range from widely lance-shaped to oblong, and grow up to 9 centimetres long. The upper leaf surfaces are shiny and hairless, and the lower leaf surfaces are covered in silvery whitish or brownish hairs. The inflorescence is a panicle of woolly flower heads that contain disc florets. The fruit is an achene 1 to 2 millimetres long, with a pappus of barbed white hairs that reaches up to 5 millimetres in length. This species colonizes volcanic debris on Mount Taranaki, where it forms dense stands up to 100 years old. It is widespread in montane shrubland across the mountains of New Zealand's North Island. It also occurs in open upland forest in the Marlborough Sounds of the South Island.
