Manual of the New Zealand Flora.

Teibe 5. AnthemideÆ

Teibe 5. AnthemideÆ.

Heads heterogamous, radiate or discoid; or with the ray deficient and then homogamous. Involucral bracts dry or scarious at the tips. Receptacle naked or paleaceous. Anther-cells without tails. Style-branches truncate. Pappus wanting, or a crown of short scales.

Herbs, usually flaccid or succulent. Heads discoid, pedunculate; female corolla short and broad. Achenes flattened, often winged 16. Cotula.
Diffuse or prostrate herb. Heads discoid, sessile, axillary. Achenes hardly flattened, 3–4-ribbed or -angled 17. Centipeda.
Minute alpine herbs. Leaves entire, fleshy. Heads discoid. Female corolla tubular. Achene flattened, or 4-angled 18. AbrotaNella.