The New Zealand Plant Conservation Network

Species

Haastia sinclairii var. sinclairii

Etymology

Haastia: after Haast
sinclairii: After Sinclair (c. 1796–1861). Colonial Secretary and naturalist.

Common Name(s)

Sinclair's Haastia

Current Conservation Status

2012 - Not Threatened

Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012
The conservation status of all known New Zealand vascular plant taxa at the rank of species and below were reassessed in 2012 using the New Zealand Threat Classification System (NZTCS). This report includes a statistical summary and brief notes on changes since 2009 and replaces all previous NZTCS lists for vascular plants. Authors: Peter J. de Lange, Jeremy R. Rolfe, Paul D. Champion, Shannel P. Courtney, Peter B. Heenan, John W. Barkla, Ewen K. Cameron, David A. Norton and Rodney A. Hitchmough. File size: 792KB

Previous Conservation Status

2009 - Not Threatened
2004 - Not Threatened

Authority

Haastia sinclairii Hook.f. var. sinclairii

Family

Asteraceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Native

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs - Composites

Synonyms

Haastia sinclairii Hook.f.

Distribution

Endemic. South Island: Marlborough to Otago (mainly east of divide)

Habitat

Subalpine to alpine screes

Features

Plant sparingly to much branched, decumbent to suberect. Branchlets up to c. 300 mm long, 4-6 mm. diameter. Leaves more or less patent, up to 35 × 15 mm, oblong-obovate, subacute to rounded at apex, densely clad in whitish subappressed tomentum, except on upper surface of appressed base, upper part slightly thickened, somewhat rugose; veins 5-10, anastomosing above. Capitula c.30 mm diameter; receptacle 5-6 mm diameter. Involucral bracts narrow-oblanceolate, subacuminate, pilose on lower surface, c.10 mm long. Achenes c. 2 mm long, narrow-linear. Pappus up to 10 mm long.

Similar Taxa

Distinguished from Haastia pulvinaris by the less compact, openly branched, distinctly leafy growth habit. Haastia sinclairii differs from H. recurva by the spreading and not recurved, rather than strongly recurved leaves, and appressed to subappressed rather than floccose leaf tomentum. Haastia sinclairii var. sinclairii is easily distinguished from var. fulvida by the greyish-white to white rather than fulvous-yellow to buff coloured tomentum.

Flowering

November - March

Flower Colours

Orange,Yellow

Fruiting

December - April

Propagation Technique

Difficult. Should not be removed from the wild

Threats

Not Threatened

Chromosome No.

2n = 60

Endemic Taxon

Yes

Endemic Genus

Yes

Endemic Family

No

Life Cycle and Dispersal

Pappate cypselae are dispersed by wind (Thorsen et al., 2009).

This page last updated on 8 Oct 2014