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Celmisia mackaui
Also called Banks Peninsula daisy
Celmisia mackaui, commonly known as the Akaroa daisy or Banks Peninsula daisy, is a species of flowering plant in the mountain daisy genus Celmisia which is endemic to Banks Peninsula, New Zealand. It was first collected near Akaroa in 1843 by French naval surgeon and botanist Étienne Raoul, who named it after Minister of the French Navy Ange René Armand de Mackau. Its natural range is the south-eastern corner of the peninsula, and its small and declining population means it is classed as nationally endangered.
This species is localised to Banks Peninsula, on the South Island of New Zealand, and even on the Peninsula is restricted to a native range just 12 km (7.5 mi) by 12 km on the south-eastern part, east of Akaroa and south of Takamatua. All known plants in the wild are found only in this area, although there is an 1895 record from Mount Herbert to the north-west, and a single 1899 record from Mount Fyffe in the Seaward Kaikōura Range; neither have been confirmed.
Mountain Daisy · Strap Leaved Daisy · Celmisia asteliifolia · Celmisia discolor · Celmisia durietzii · Common Mountain Daisy · Haast's mountain daisy · White Mountain Musk · Needle Leaved Mountain Daisy · Shrub Daisy · Celmisia major · Monro's mountain daisy
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Celmisia mackaui by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
