| Astelia nivicola | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asteliaceae |
| Genus: | Astelia |
| Species: | A. nivicola |
| Binomial name | |
| Astelia nivicola (Cockayne) ex Cheeseman, 1925 | |
Astelia nivicola is a species of flowering plant in the family Asteliaceae. It is native to the New Zealand.
Description
Cheeseman published this description posthumously in 1925:
A tufted herb forming extensive patches in moist alpine hollows. Leaves 6-12 in. long, 1⁄5-1⁄4 in. broad at the middle, coriaceous but flexible, gradually tapering upwards into an acute apex, keeled towards the base and stem-clasping, and then suddenly expanded into a thin and membranous almost transparent sheath; upper surface pale bronzy-green to glaucous-green, covered with a membranousnpellicle or more or less silky-tomentose; under-surface clothed with thin shaggy or villous whitish tomentum; veins variable in number, usually about 6 on each side of the rather slender midrib, which is sunken above but prominent beneath. Flowers not seen. Fruiting-panicle (one specimen alone seen) very short, 3⁄4 in. long and about as wide, nearly sessile among the bases of the uppermost leaves; branches few, short, densely compacted. Berry apparently ovoid-globose, 1⁄4-1⁄3 in. long, reddish-orange, sunk in the persistent base of the perianth.
Distribution
Astelia nivicola is native to South Island of New Zealand.
References
- ^ Cheeseman, T. F. (1925), Oliver, W. R. B. (ed.), Manual of the New Zealand Flora (2nd ed.), New Zealand Government, p. 319, OCLC 1129885839, Wikidata Q115528659
- "ASTELIA Banks et Sol. ex R. Br. , 1810". Retrieved 2009-05-04.