Abrotanella rostrata: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Asterales
- Family
- Asteraceae
- Genus
- Abrotanella
- Species
- Abrotanella rostrata
- Scientific Name
- Abrotanella rostrata
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Abrotanella rostrata
Abrotanella rostrata is a species of cushion plant belonging to the family Asteraceae. This tiny plant, only reaching 5 cm in height, is restricted to rocky places in the high mountains of southern South Island, New Zealand. It can be distinguished from its congeners by the combination of white florets and distinctively beaked cypselae. It flowers in December and January.
This plant is considered threatened due to its limited range.
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Abrotanella caespitosa
- Abrotanella diemii
- Abrotanella emarginata
- Abrotanella fertilis
- Abrotanella filiformis
- Abrotanella forsteroides
- Abrotanella inconspicua
- Abrotanella linearifolia
- Abrotanella linearis
- Abrotanella muscosa
- Abrotanella nivigena
- Abrotanella papuana
- Abrotanella patearoa
- Abrotanella purpurea
- Abrotanella pusilla
- Abrotanella rostrata
- Abrotanella rosulata
- Abrotanella scapigera
- Abrotanella spathulata
- Abrotanella submarginata
- Abrotanella trichoachaenia
- Abrotanella trilobata










