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Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso

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Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 15: 320 (1882 [1883])
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso

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New Zealand
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Colenso
Colenso
1882
1883
320
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Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
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Carmichaelia corrugata

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corrugata

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Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso

Dwarf, rhizomatous shrub, up to (20-)40-60(-80) mm × 1 m, forming a dense mat or tufts of cladodes. Rhizomes becoming increasingly stout and woody with age, 5-200(-400) × (1-)2-3.5(-5) mm. Cladodes linear, striate, compressed, erect, yellow-green to orange-green, glabrous, (20-)40-60(-70) × 1.5-3(-3.5) mm; apex subacute to obtuse, yellow to yellow-green; leaf nodes (2-)4-8(-12). Leaves simple, broad-obovate to broad-elliptic, fleshy, entire, green, present on seedlings and absent on mature plants, 5.5-8 × 3- 5 mm; adaxial and abaxial surfaces with scattered hairs; apex emarginate to retuse; base cuneate to narrow-obtuse; petiole sparsely hairy, 2-2.5 mm long. Leaves on cladodes reduced to a scale, triangular, glabrous, 0.6-1.5 × 0.8-1.4 mm; apex acute. Stipules free, triangular, 0.6-1.1 × 0.6-1.2 mm; adaxial surface glabrous; abaxial surface hairy when young, glabrous at maturity; apex acute to sub-acute; margin hairy. Inflorescence a raceme, 1 per node, with (1-)2 flowers. Peduncle glabrous or sparsely hairy, green, 5-15 mm long. Bracts triangular, glabrous, pale green, 0.5-1 mm long; apex obtuse; margin hairy. Pedicel glabrous or hairy, pale green, 3-7.5 mm long. Bracteoles at top of pedicel, triangular, glabrous, green and often flushed red, c. 0.2 × c. 0.2 mm; margin hairy; apex acute. Calyx campanulate, c. 2.5 × c. 2.5 mm; inner surface glabrous, green; outer surface glabrous or sparsely hairy, green. Calyx lobes triangular, flushed red, c. 0.5 mm long; apex acute; margin hairy or glabrous. Bud green. Standard obovate, patent, 8-10 × 6-8 mm; adaxial surface central area purple, margin white, sometimes purple-green veined; abaxial surface green, margin cream-green, sometimes purplegreen veined; apex retuse; claw pale green, c. 1.5 mm long. Wings oblong, shorter than keel, 5- 6.5 × c. 2 mm; adaxial surface distal area purple, proximal area green; abaxial surface white, sometimes purple-veined; auricle triangular, pale green, apex obtuse, c. 1.25 mm long; claw pale green, c. 1.5 mm long. Keel (Fig. 1C) 6-8 × 2.5-3 mm; distal area of adaxial surface purple, proximal area pale green; distal area of abaxial surface purplegreen, proximal area pale green; auricle triangular, pale green, with obtuse apex, c. 0.75 mm long; claw pale green, 2-2.5 mm long. Stamens 7.5-9 mm long; lower filaments connate for c. 2/3 length and outside filaments free for 1.5-2.5 mm. Pistil exserted beyond stamens, c. 10 mm long; style with a ring of hairs below stigma, and sometimes a few scattered hairs on adaxial surface; ovules 9-11. Pod elliptic-oblong, laterally compressed, weakly falcate, black, brown, or grey, 7.5—13(—15) × 3-4- mm; one valve partially dehiscent from base; beak on adaxial suture, slightly upturned, stout, pungent, 1.5-2 mm long. Seeds oblong-reniform, (2)-4—6-(9) per pod, black, brown, tan, or olive green, 1.2-2 × 1-1.5 mm. FL Oct-Feb(- May), FT Nov-Jun.

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Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso

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Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
New Zealand
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Carmichaelia corrugata Colenso
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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1 January 2000
5 March 2004
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