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Carmichaelia petriei Kirk

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Carmichaelia petriei Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 111 (1899)
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk

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New Zealand
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Kirk
Kirk
1899
111
Carmichaelia Petriei
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Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
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Carmichaelia petriei

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petriei

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Carmichaelia petriei Kirk

Stout, erect, openly branched shrub up to c. 2 m. tall. Branchlets yellow-green, rigid, terete to plano-convex, ± 10 cm. × 3-4 mm., almost pungent-pointed. A few lvs occ. present on adults, 1-3-foliolate, pilose; terminal lflt up to c. 5 mm. long, lateral minute. Infl. of 1-3 short racemes per notch, (3)-5-(8)-fld, on pubescent to pilose peduncles. Fls ± 6 × 5 mm., on very short slender pubescent pedicels. Calyx campanulate, silky, ± 3 × 2 mm.; teeth minute, acute to subacute. Standard > keel, purple-flushed towards apex, paler to base, purple-veined; keel greenish white, purplish towards apex, auricles rounded; wings whitish, purplish towards apex, auricles rounded. Ovary glab. Pods obliquely oblong, turgid, dark brown, 8-10 × 4 mm., beak c. 1 mm. long, subulate. Seeds 1-2, greenish yellow, us. much black-mottled.
A smaller and more slender shrub hardly > 1·5 m. tall; branchlets hardly > 2 mm. wide, more flattened; fls c. 4 × 3 mm.; calyx 1 × 1 mm. Pods seldom > 6 × 3 mm., pale to very dark brown; seeds 2-4, yellowish green, black-mottled.
Erect stout shrub, closely and divaricately branched, up to c. 2.5 m. tall. Branchlets dark green, grooved, slightly compressed, glab., 1-2 mm. diam. Lvs 1-3-foliolate, pilose, ± 3 × 2 mm. Infl. of 1-3 subumbellate, shortly peduncled racemes with 3-5 fls. Fls ± 5 × 4 mm., on very short ± pubescent pedicels. Calyx c. 2 × 1 mm., ± pubescent, campanulate; teeth minute, triangular; standard purple-veined, purple-flushed, except towards white apex, auricles rounded; keel whitish, slightly purple-flushed, auricles rounded; wings whitish, purple-veined, auricles pointed. Ovary pilose. Pods c. 7-8 × 3 mm., obliquely elliptic-oblong, slightly compressed, dark brown; beak short, stout, subulate. Seeds 2-(3), pale yellow-green, black-mottled.
Erect, virgately much-branched shrub up to c. 2 m. tall. Branches ∞; branchlets slender, ± terete, striate, c. 1 mm. diam., ± pilose when young. Young plants lfy, adults with few or no lvs; lflts minute, ± hairy. Infl. of 1-3 racemes per notch, on short us. glab. peduncles. Fls 2-5, lax, c. 4 × 4 mm. on us. glab. pedicels. Calyx glab. or nearly so, campanulate, c. 2 × 2 mm.; teeth short, acute to subacute. Standard > keel, broad, white, purple-veined; keel whitish, purple-veined, long-clawed, auricles rounded; wings white, auricles rounded. Ovary glab. Pods 6-8 × 3 mm., obliquely oblong, ± turgid, ± narrowed to apex and base, light to dark brown; beak ± 1 mm., straight, subulate. Seeds (1)-2-4, pale green, heavily black-mottled.

Carmichaelia petriei Kirk

2n = 32
2n = 32

Carmichaelia petriei Kirk

Ascending, spreading, or prostrate shrub, up to 2.5 × 2 m. Branches 10— 100 mm diameter, stout, ascending, spreading, or prostrate. Cladodes 30-150 × 1-3.5 mm, erect to spreading, linear, striate, terete, or compressed, green, yellow-green, or bronze-green, stout or slender; apex obtuse or subacute, often pungent-tipped, yellow, yellow-green, or green; leaf nodes 4—11. Leaves 1-3-foliolate, present on seedlings, usually absent on adults, terminal leaflet larger; lamina 2.5- 12 × 2-7.5 mm, obovate, fleshy, green, adaxial surface glabrous or hairy, abaxial surface hairy, apex emarginate, base cuneate; petiole 2-13 mm long, glabrous or with few scattered hairs, green; petiolule < 1 mm long, glabrous, light green. Leaves on cladodes reduced to scales, < 0.5 mm long, broadtriangular, hairy on adaxial surface, apex subacute. Stipules c. 0.5 × c. 1 mm, free, triangular, apex subacute, margin hairy, adaxial surface glabrous or with few scattered hairs, abaxial surface with few scattered hairs. Inflorescence a raceme, 1—2(—3) per node, each with (3-)6-9 flowers. Peduncle 3-20 mm long, hairy, green and often flushed red. Bracts < 1 mm long, triangular, glabrous or sparsely hairy, green or red-green, apex acute to subacute, margin hairy. Pedicel 1.5-2.5 mm long, hairy, pale green. Bracteoles < 0.5 mm long, on receptacle or pedicel, green, hairy, apex subacute, margin hairy. Calyx 2 - 3 × 1.5—1.8 mm, campanulate, green, outer surface hairy and sometimes flushed red. Calyx lobes < 0.5 mm long, triangular, green and usually flushed red, glabrous or hairy, appressed to corolla, apex acute. Standard 4.5—5 × 5.5—6 mm, broad-obovate, patent, positioned in central part of keel, keeled, apex emarginate, margins incurved; inner surface white with various shades of red-purple, veins red-purple, margin often white; outer surface white, often darkened in central part; claw c. 2 mm long, pale green. Wings 4.5—5 × 1.5-2 mm, oblong, exserted beyond keel, white with distal part red-purple and proximal part pale green, apex obtuse; auricle < 0.5 mm long, triangular, pale green; claw c. 1.5 mm long, pale green. Keel (Fig. 2C) 4.5-5 × 1.5-2 mm; distal part red-purple, proximal part white or pale green; auricle c. 0.5 mm long, triangular, pale green, apex obtuse; claw 1.5-2 mm long, pale green. Stamens 4.5-5 mm long; dorsal filaments connate for c. ¾ of length, outer stamens free for c. 1 mm. Pistil 4.7- 5.2 mm long, exserted beyond stamens, glabrous; ovules 6—8; stigma with a fringe of hairs below. Pods 5.5-9.5 × 2.5-4.2 mm, broad-elliptic, oblong, broadoblong, or obovate, laterally compressed, usually pendulous or rarely spreading, light grey or brown; valves dehiscent along upper suture and distal and proximal parts of lower suture, usually long persistent but sometimes dehiscing completely; beak < 1 mm long, on upper suture or occasionally in a central apical position, stout, pungent-tipped. Seeds 1.8-2.6 × 1.2-2 mm, broad-elliptic, reniform, or oblong, 1—4 per pod, green or green-yellow with black mottling, quickly abscising from funicle. Chromosome number 2n = 32 (Slade 1953). FL Nov-Jan, FT Jan-May.

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Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
Carmichaelia petriei var. minor G.Simpson
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
Carmichaelia ramosa G.Simpson
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
Carmichaelia virgata Kirk
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk

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Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
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Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
New Zealand
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Carmichaelia petriei Kirk
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
New Zealand
Otago Land District
New Zealand
Otago Land District
New Zealand
Otago Land District

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1 January 2000
27 May 2004
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