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Definition of Haastia
1. Noun. Genus of New Zealand mat-forming herbs or subshrubs: vegetable sheep.
Generic synonyms: Asterid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Aster Family, Asteraceae, Compositae, Family Asteraceae, Family Compositae
Member holonyms: Haastia Pulvinaris, Sheep Plant, Vegetable Sheep
Lexicographical Neighbors of Haastia
Literary usage of Haastia
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Rock-garden by Reginald John Farrer (1919)
"H haastia is the Vegetable Sheep of New Zealand, forming hum pec rolling masses
of minute foliage so closely packed as to seem one-solid dome or mound, ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1902)
"... of 4000 feet on New Zealand mountains, known as vegetable-sheep, Raoulia and
haastia, composites between which belongs Gnaphalium in order of affinity. ..."
3. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"Kerner states that in New Zealand the small white flowers of haastia are so
densely aggregated that they form hemispherical mounds two feet high by three ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy by Royal Irish academy (1883)
"Hooker, and one of these being a new species of the genus haastia, he has paid
me the compliment of calling by my name. Speaking of it, he says : " This ..."
5. The Natural History of Plants: Their Forms, Growth, Reproduction, and by Anton Kerner von Marilaun (1902)
"One of the most striking instances of this is afforded by the species of the
genus haastia, which are shown on p. 188. In the genus Echinops a large number ..."
6. Torreya by Torrey Botanical Club (1901)
"... and haastia, known as "vegetable sheep," two remarkable alpine xerophytes from
an altitude of 4000 feet on the mountains of New Zealand. ..."
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