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Carmichaelia odorata Benth.

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Carmichaelia odorata Benth. in Hooker, Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 50 (1852)
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Benth.
Benth.
1852
50
ICN
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
species
Carmichaelia odorata

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odorata

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Erect to spreading much-branched shrub or small tree up to 2 m. tall. Branchlets glab. or nearly so, sinuate, ± 2 mm. diam., slightly compressed, grooved, at a wide angle to axis, ± drooping and interlacing. Lvs 3-4-(7)-foliolate, ± pilose when young, on petioles c. 10 mm. long; lflts very shortly stalked, obcordate-cuneate, ± 4 × 2 mm. Young plants in shade have lflts up to 15 × 10 mm., more distinctly stalked. Infl. of strict, us. solitary (10)-20-30-(40)-fld racemes on peduncles ± pilose, ± 20 mm. long. Fls shortly stalked, ± 4 × 3 mm. Calyx c. 2 × 2 mm., ± pilose; teeth very short, broad-triangular, blunt, ciliate; standard purple-veined, purple-blotched towards base, pale towards apex; keel white or purple-flushed, auricles rounded; wings white, veins pale purple, auricles bluntly pointed. Ovary glab. or nearly so. Pods stramineous, 7-8 × 3-4 mm., ± ovate-oblong, slightly compressed; beak c. 2 mm., stout, subulate. Seeds 2-4, ± 3 mm. diam., pale to dark brown.
More openly branched; branchlets less sinuate, distinctly pubescent. Lflts us. 7, pubescent, ± glaucous below, ± rounded or truncate at apex. Racemes and calyx densely appressed-hairy. Ovary and young pods pilose.
Bushy shrub up to c. 2 m. tall, with spreading branches; branchlets spring- and summer-lfy, glab. or nearly so, ± drooping, up to 20 cm. × 3 mm., much-compressed, grooved. Lvs of young plants 5-10-foliolate, of adults 3-5-foliolate; lflts subsessile, about obcordate, ± 4 × 2 mm. Infl. of solitary ascending to spreading racemes on peduncles ± 10 mm. long, densely 8-10-(15)-fld. Fls c. 5 × 5 mm., on pedicels ± 1 mm. long. Calyx ± 3 × 2 mm., teeth triangular, long-pointed. Standard purple-veined, purple-blotched; keel white, auricles rounded; wings white, purple-blotched and -veined. Ovary glab. Pods strict, crowded, stramineous to light brown, ovate, subcompressed, ± 5 × 3 mm.; beak 1-2 mm. long, subulate, sharp-pointed. Seeds us. 2, ± flattened, 2 mm. diam., dark brown with or without darker markings.

Carmichaelia odorata Benth.

Bushy spring- and summer-lfy shrub up to 2 m. tall; branches spreading; branchlets drooping, flanged, much-compressed, striate to grooved, ± pilose, up to 20 cm. × 2 mm. Lvs 5-7-foliolate; lflts subsessile, obcordate to obovate, 3 × 2 mm., ± pilose. Infl. of simple, ascending to erect, 5-10-(15)-fld racemes on ± pubescent peduncles ± 10 mm. long. Fls 3-4 × 3 mm. on pubescent pedicels c. 1 mm. long. Calyx ± 1 × 1 mm., ciliate; teeth minute, broad-triangular. Standard, keel and wings all white, purple-veined, auricles rounded. Ovary glab. or nearly so. Pods stramineous, c. 7 × 4 mm., broad-ovate to suborbicular, ± compressed; beak rather stout, straight, subulate, almost pungent, 2-3 mm. long. Seeds 1-2, c. 3 × 2 mm., somewhat flattened, pale brown to straw-coloured, us. with dark blotch.

Carmichaelia odorata Benth.

Shrub, up to 3(-8) × 2-3 m. Branches up to 100 mm diameter, ascending and horizontal. Cladodes 40-250 × 1-2.3 mm, erect and spreading, often divaricate, linear, striate, compressed, green, frequently hairy when young, glabrous when mature, apex subacute; leaf nodes 5—14(—19) mm. Leaves 1—7-foliolate, present on seedlings and adults, terminal leaflet larger; lamina 2-13 × 1-8(-13) mm, obovate to broad-elliptic, rarely orbicular, fleshy, green, adaxial and abaxial surfaces hairy or glabrous, apex emarginate, base cuneate; petiole 5—25 mm long, glabrous or hairy, green; petiolule < 0.3 mm long, glabrous or hairy, light green. Leaves on cladodes reduced to scales, < 0.8 mm long, broad-triangular, glabrous, apex acute. Stipules c. 1 × c. 1 mm, free, triangular, adaxial surface glabrous, abaxial surface hairy, apex subacute, margin hairy. Inflorescence a raceme, 1 per node, each with (4—)8-40 flowers. Peduncle 4— 10 mm long, glabrous, green. Bracts < 0.8 mm long, triangular, glabrous, brown, apex acute to subacute, margins hairy. Pedicel c. 1 mm long, glabrous, green. Bracteoles < 0.5 mm long, at top of pedicel or on receptacle, green and sometimes flushed red, glabrous, apex obtuse, margin hairy. Calyx 1.5-2 × 1— 1.2 mm, campanulate, green, outer surface glabrous. Calyx lobes 0.2—0.3 mm long, triangular, green and usually flushed red, inner surface hairy, appressed to corolla, apex subacute to obtuse. Standard 3.5-4 × 2.5-3.5 mm, broad-obovate, patent, positioned towards front of keel, keeled, apex emarginate, margins flattened; central part of inner and outer surfaces purple or red-purple, margins white, sometimes purple-veined; claw c. 1 mm long, pale green. Wings 3.5—4 × 0.9—1.1 mm, oblong, similar in length to keel, inner and outer surfaces white, sometimes purple-veined, apex obtuse; auricle 0.2-0.4 mm long, triangular, white, apex obtuse; claw 1.3— 1.5 mm long, pale green. Keel (Fig. 2D) 3.5-4 × 1.4— 1.7 mm, apex obtuse; distal area of inner surface purple, proximal area white; outer surface white, flushed purple in distal part and sometimes purpleveined; auricle 0.2—0.4 mm long, triangular, white, apex obtuse; claw 1.3—1.5 mm long, pale green. Stamens 3.5-4 mm long; dorsal filaments connate for c. 7/8 of length, outer stamens free for 0.2—0.5 mm. Pistil 3.7-4.2 mm long, exserted beyond stamens, glabrous; ovules 4-9(—11). Pods 5-9 × 1.5-3 mm, oblong, broad-elliptic or ovate, laterally compressed, erect, light grey or brown, valves dehiscent in distal part; beak 1-2.5 mm long, in a central apical position, stout, pungent-tipped. Seeds 2-3.7 × 1.6— 2.4 mm, broad-oblong to broad-elliptic, 1-3 per pod, laterally compressed, surface with 1—3 ridges, testa thin and membranous, light brown or tan. FL (Sep-)Dec-Feb, FT Jan-May(-Sep).

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Carmichaelia angustata Kirk
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia angustata var. pubescens G.Simpson
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia divaricata (Kirk) Cockayne
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia glabrata G.Simpson
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia grandiflora var. divaricata Kirk
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia odorata Colenso ex Hook.f.
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia odorata Colenso ex Hook.f.
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia odorata Colenso ex Hook.f.
Carmichaelia odorata var. pilosa (Benth.) Kirk
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
Carmichaelia odorata var. pilosa (Colenso) Kirk
Carmichaelia pilosa Benth.
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.

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New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
New Zealand
Westland Land District
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
[Not available]
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
New Zealand
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Carmichaelia odorata Benth.
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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1 January 2000
1 July 2013
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