Kingdom Plantae Tribe Senecioneae Scientific name Erechtites glomerata Rank Species | Order Asterales Genus Erechtites Higher classification Erechtites | |
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Similar Daisy family, Gonocarpus tetragynus, Coronidium scorpioides, Dianella admixta, Astroloma humifusum | ||
Erechtites glomeratus, common name New Zealand fireweed or cutleaf burnweed, is a species of plants in the sunflower family. It is native to Australia (all 6 states) and New Zealand, and also naturalized on the Pacific Coast of the United States (Washington, Oregon, and California).
Description
Erechtites glomeratus is an annual or perennial herb up to 200 cm (80 inches) tall. Leaves are lanceolate or linear with many pinnate lobes. One plant can produce as many as 120 yellow or purple flower heads, each with 50 or more disc florets but no ray florets.
References
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