Species

Vittadinia cuneata

Etymology

Vittadinia: man's name
cuneata: From the Latin cuneum 'wedge', meaning wedge-shaped

Common Name(s)

purple fuzzweed

Family

Asteraceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

VITCUN

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs - Composites

Habitat

Dry hillslopes, coastal sites, rocky and gravelly areas.

Year Naturalised

1880

Origin

Australia

This page last updated on 6 May 2011