Celmisia morganii lacks purple pigments in the leaf midvein and the leaf margin in the upper half is spikier. C. verbascifolia is not recorded by Given or the Herbarium (no specimen in our collection) from Ngakawau and the Mokihinui, but I think it has to be this species.
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Slate Creek, headwaters of the Mokihinui River (South Branch)
Verbatim locality:
Slate Creek, headwaters of the Mokihinui River (South Branch)
Verbatim collector:
Richard Nichol
Standardised collector:
R. Nichol
Verbatim date:
8 Nov 2012
Start date:
2012-11-08
Land District:
Nelson Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō
Ngāti Rārua
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui
Georeferences:
New Zealand Transverse Mercator:
1523973E 5384620N (WGS84 -41.686557 172.08647)