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Sison amomum L.

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Sison amomum L.
Sison amomum L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Sison amomum L.
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Sison amomum

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amomum

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Sison amomum L.

Erect biennial, with a nauseous odour when crushed. Stems solid, striate, up to 120 cm high. Basal lvs 1-pinnate, sometimes lowest leaflets again divided, petiolate; leaflets in 3-8 pairs, ovate-elliptic, lobed and serrate, c. 2-7 cm long, usually subsessile; stem lvs reduced, usually 1-2-ternate, with segments linear or narrow-ovate and lobed or serrate. Umbels 1-5 cm diam.; rays (1)-2-5-(6), slender and somewhat irregular giving a diffuse appearance to the infl.; bracts 2-3, linear to subulate; bracteoles 1-4, usually subulate, rarely linear. Fls 2-5, white or greenish white, 1-2 mm diam. Fr. broadly ovate, 2-3 mm long, dark brown with lighter ribs.

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Sison amomum L.
France
Sison amomum L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Sison amomum L.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Sison amomum L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Sison amomum L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Sison amomum L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Sison amomum L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Sison amomum L.
United Kingdom

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020ac5f4-e3f2-4635-9248-98ca6f22a0f7
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1 January 2000
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