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Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.

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Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br., Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland. 483 (1810)
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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(L.) R.Br.
L.
R.Br.
1810
483
ICN
species
Calystegia soldanella

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soldanella

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Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.

Rhizome creeping, branching; stems spreading, branching, up to 5 dm. long, stout, us. nearly glab.; plant forming large patches or low mounds up to ± 2 m. diam. Petioles up to 8 cm. long, rather stout; lamina (1)-2-5 cm. diam., reniform, subfleshy, glossy; sinus broad, shallow. Peduncles solitary, 1-fld, up to 10 cm. long; bracts ovate-cordate, obtuse, hardly = subequal, broad-ovate, obtuse sepals. Corolla 25-40 mm. diam., white to pale pink or purplish. Ovary incompletely 2-loculed; capsule broad-ovoid, apiculate. Seeds dark brown.

Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.

Perennial herb with creeping rhizome and prostrate branching stems, glabrous or occasionally puberulent, sometimes forming large dense patches. Petioles to 8 cm long, slender. Lamina (1)-1.5-5-(8) × (1)-2-5-(7.5) cm, reniform, usually semi-succulent, glossy, entire; sinus shallow and rounded with base often broad-cuneate; apex emarginate to rounded or acute. Fls solitary; peduncles ribbed, to 10 cm long. Bracts ovate, cordate, obtuse, 12-18 mm long. Sepals nearly = bracts, obtuse. Corolla 2-4 × 2.5-5 cm, campanulate, pink, often with white mid-petaline bands, occasionally all white. Ovary 1-locular. Capsule 1.5-2 cm long, broad-ovoid, apiculate. Seeds dark brown, smooth.

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Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
Convolvulus soldanella L.
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.

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Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
Australia
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Calystegia soldanella (L.) R.Br.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District

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49a96c01-d988-459f-b5d2-d05ce57d8c4f
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
27 February 2012
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