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Wahlenbergia albomarginata Hook.

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Wahlenbergia albomarginata Hook., Icon. Pl. t. 818 (1852)
Wahlenbergia albomarginata Hook.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Hook.
Hook.
1852
t. 818
ICN
Wahlenbergia albomarginata Hook.
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Wahlenbergia albomarginata

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albomarginata

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Wahlenbergia albomarginata Hook.

Rhizome slender, branching, emitting us. ∞ rather distant lf-rosettes, in open shingly places 1-2 cm. diam., each with 1 peduncle. Lvs glaucous, thinly coriac., sparsely hispid; lamina elliptic- to lanceolate- or ovate-spathulate, sessile or shortly petiolate, midrib prominent below; margins cartilaginous, white. Lvs of plants of arid places minute, c. 5 × 1-2 mm.; peduncles 3-4 cm. tall; fls drooping, c. 1 × 1 cm. Lvs of plants of less arid places c. 15-20 mm., including petiole = lamina; peduncles c. 10 cm. long, with fls 1·5 × 1·5 cm. Growing amongst tussocks or in sheltered places the plants may grow large, with peduncles up to 25 cm. tall, with a few small bracts; lvs glaucous to purplish, subentire; lamina 10-40 × 5-10 mm., elliptic to ovate, sub-acute, often apiculate--the slender stiff petiole may reach twice length lamina. Fls large, erect or inclined, up to 2*5-3 cm. In all cases the floral proportions are the same. Corolla sts with deeper-coloured veins. Calyx-lobes c. 1/2 length corolla-tube, linear, acuminate, 0·5-1 mm. wide. Capsule obconic, 8 × 4 mm. when well-developed.
Perennial tufted plant. Rhizomes slender, 1-2 mm. diam., with papery bark, branching and interlacing underground, putting up lfy rosettes on the surface. Rosettes 1-3 cm. diam., crowded or distant, sts shortly branched from the base. Lvs uniform, narrow-linear, 1-3-(4) cm. × 1-2 mm., slightly narrower below, dark green or purplish. Peduncles solitary from each rosette, 5-10 cm. tall, nude or with a single small bract. Fls solitary, rather slender; corolla pale blue-violet with 3 fine dark blue veins in each lobe; tube narrow-campanulate, 2-3 mm. long, lobes spreading, 8-10 mm. long. Calyx glab., lobes linear-acuminate, 2 × 0.75 mm.; ovary slender, obconic. Capsule obconic, c. 6-7 mm. long.

Wahlenbergia albomarginata Hook.

Perennial herb with radical, rosulate tufts of leaves, sometimes alternate on elongated stems (shade form). Leaves more or less petiolate, entire or dentate or undulate, lamina 10 × 2 to 40 × 10 mm, linear to elliptic or ovate to obovate, gradually narrowed to petiole as long as the lamina or longer. Flowers narrowly campanulate-rotate, corolla pale flax blue to pale blue-violet, often with white zoning and deeper coloured veins, or all white, 10—25 mm diam., 10—20 mm long, corolla tube 4 × 3 to 10 × 6 mm, lobes 6 × 3 to 12 × 5 mm; style equal in length to corolla tube, lobes 2 or 3. Calyx lobes less than VA corolla length; capsule domed cylindric, 6-8 × 4 mm. Seeds 0.5 mm long, ellipsoid, smooth, glossy brown when mature. Usually insect-pollinated in natural habitat, seldom sets seed in cult. FL Nov—Apr, FT Dec—Apr.

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Wahlenbergia albomarginata Hook.
Wahlenbergia albomarginata Hook.
Wahlenbergia albomarginata Hook.
Wahlenbergia albomarginata Hook.

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Wahlenbergia albomarginata Hook.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Wahlenbergia albomarginata Hook.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Wahlenbergia albomarginata Hook.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Wahlenbergia albomarginata Hook.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Wahlenbergia albomarginata Hook.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Wahlenbergia albomarginata Hook.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Wahlenbergia albomarginata Hook.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
New Zealand
Otago Land District

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1 January 2000
1 September 2005
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