Brachyglottis perdicioides (Raukumara)
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Kingdom:
- Plantae
- Angiosperms
- Eudicots
- Asterids
- Order: Asterales
- Family: Asteraceae
- Genus: Brachyglottis
- Species: B. perdicioides
- Binomial name: Brachyglottis perdicioides
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Synonyms:
- Senecio perdicioides
- Senecio multinerve
- Senecio distinctus
- Senecio perdicioides var. distinctus
- Brachyglottis perdicioides var. distincta
- Senecio tripetaloides.
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Common name:
- Raukumara
- Puarangitoto
- East Cape Brachyglottis
Relatives
- Brachyglottis 'Leith Gold' (B. repanda x B. greyii)
- Brachyglottis bidwillii (Thick-Leaved Shrub Groundsel)
- Brachyglottis compacta (Castlepoint daisy)
- Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia
- Brachyglottis greyi (Daisy Bush)
- Brachyglottis hectorii (Hectors Tree Daisy)
- Brachyglottis huntii (Chatham Island Christmas tree)
- Brachyglottis laxifolia (Nelson Mountain Groundsel)
- Brachyglottis perdicioides (Raukumara)
- Brachyglottis repanda (Rangiora)
- Brachyglottis rotundifolia (Muttonbird scrub)
- Brachyglottis rotundifolia var. ambigua (Muttonbird scrub)
- Helichrysum dimorphum (Climbing everlasting daisy)
- Helichrysum lanceolatum (Niniao)
- Olearia albida (Tanguru)
- Olearia allomii (Great Barrier Tree Daisy)
- Olearia angulata
- Olearia arborescens (Common tree daisy)
- Olearia chathamica (Keketerehe)
- Olearia cheesemanii (Streamside tree daisy)
- Olearia cymbifolia (Hard Leaved Tree Daisy)
- Olearia furfuracea (Akepiro)
- Olearia ilicifolia (Mountain holly)
- Olearia lacunosa (Lancewood Tree Daisy)
- Olearia locheliia
- Olearia nummulariifolia (Tree daisy)
- Olearia pachyphylla (Thick-leaved tree daisy)
- Olearia rani (Heketara)
- Olearia solandri (Coastal shrub daisy)
- Olearia traversiorum (Chatham Island Akeake)
- Olearia virgata (Twiggy tree daisy)
- Olearia x macrodonta (NZ Holly)
- Ozothamnus leptophyllus (Mountain Cottonwood)
- Ozothamnus leptophyllus (Tauhinu)
- Pachystegia insignis (Marlborough rock daisy)
- Pachystegia minor (Marlborough rock daisy)
- Pachystegia rufa (Marlborough rock daisy)
- Pachystegia rufa X insignis (Marlborough rock daisy) hybrid
Brachyglottis perdicioides is a species of flowering shrub and is found only in New Zealand and is endemic to the East Cape to Mahia Peninsula in the North Island of New Zealand, usually in exposed, windy sites in coastal shrubland and forests - usually in open ground. It grows to a height of 2 m and a spread of 2m.
The dark green to bright green aromatic oblong to elliptic and with wavy edges and are up to 7cm long and 25mm wide. The leaf margins are crenate-serrate (having a mixture of blunt and sharp teeth. In spring to summer yellow flower heads (1cm) appear in crowded clusters; ray florets are broad, to 8mm. This shrub is sold in specialised nurseries.