Some 30 species of trees, shrubs, vines and hebaceous perennials. Leaves are alternate. Flowers are usually in clusters, ray florets female, yellow to white; disc florets male and female, yellow to cream. Native to New Zealand and Tasmania.
Brachyglottis: brachys, short, and glottis, tongue, a reference to the short ray florets.
Pronunciation:
bra-kee-GLO-tis
Family:
Asteraceae, Compositae