Brachyglottis bidwillii
Credits
New article for Trees and Shrubs Online.
Recommended citation
'Brachyglottis bidwillii' from the website Trees and Shrubs Online (treesandshrubsonline.
Synonyms
- Senecio bidwillii Hook.f.
Other taxa in genus
- Brachyglottis buchananii
- Brachyglottis compacta
- Brachyglottis Dunedin hybrids
- Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia
- Brachyglottis greyi
- Brachyglottis hectorii
- Brachyglottis huntii
- Brachyglottis huntii × B. Dunedin Hybrids
- Brachyglottis laxifolia
- Brachyglottis monroi
- Brachyglottis perdicioides
- Brachyglottis perdicioides × B. Dunedin Hybrids
- Brachyglottis repanda
- Brachyglottis rotundifolia
Editorial Note
Treated by Bean under the synonym Senecio bidwillii.
A compactly branched evergreen shrub 1 to 31⁄2 ft tall, distinguished from the other rayless species by the smaller, very thick, elliptic-oblong or ovate-oblong leaves, 3⁄4 to 1 in. long, 3⁄8 to 5⁄8 in. wide, on short stalks 1⁄6 to 3⁄4 in. long; basal lateral veins relatively stronger than the others. A native of New Zealand, not uncommon in montane and submontane scrub. Typical B. bidwillii is confined to the North Island; in the South Island it is replaced by var. viridis (Cheeseman) B.Nord., which tends to have a taller, rather more slender habit and larger leaves 11⁄3 to 3 in. long, 5⁄8 to 1 in. wide.