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Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

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Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst., Char. Gen. Pl., ed. 2. 86, t. 43 (1776)
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

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New Zealand
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J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
1776
86, t. 43
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Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
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Plagianthus divaricatus

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divaricatus

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Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

Erect densely divaricately branched shrub up to c. 2 m. tall (occ. prostrate on boulder beaches). Branchlets us. flexible, ± interlaced, densely to sparsely clad in stellate hairs, soon glab., grooved; bark dark brown. Lvs alt. or in small fascicles on arrested branchlets: of young plants ± 2-3 cm. × 3-5 mm., membr., linear- to spathulate-oblong, on petioles ± 3 mm. long, glab. or nearly so, midrib obscure; of adult plants ± 5-15-(20) × 0·5-2-(4) mm., ± clad in stellate hairs, linear-spathulate to narrow-obovate, subcoriac., us. obtuse, ± falcate, midrib prominent. Reversion shoots occ. with lvs up to 40 × 5 mm. Fls up to c. 5 mm. diam., axillary, solitary or in few-fld cymes on arrested branchlets; peduncles and pedicels ± 3 mm. long. Calyx campanulate, ± 2 mm. diam., teeth triangular; corolla tube ± 2 mm. long, exserted; lobes about oblong, acute, yellowish; anthers 8-12, sessile on staminal tube. Ovary 1-(2)-celled; ovule 1 per cell; stigma clavate or flattened. Mature fr. globose, ± 5 mm. diam., occ. didymous, densely clad in appressed stellate hairs, dehiscing irregularly from apex; seeds 1-(3).

Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

n = 21
n = 21

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Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.

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Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Plagianthus divaricatus J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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67913ea2-5925-4818-9dc8-19514b05ca43
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
4 September 2006
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