Gentiana patula (Kirk) Cheeseman
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Gentiana patula (Kirk) Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 452 (1906)
Nomenclature
(Kirk) Cheeseman
Kirk
Cheeseman
1906
452
ICN
species
Gentiana patula
Classification
Descriptions
Gentiana patula (Kirk) Cheeseman
Perennial, root stout or slender, stock often multicipital, giving rise to 1 or several simple or branched stems, decumbent at base then erect, (10)-20-30-(50) cm. tall, rather stout, striate. Basal Ivs us. ∞, densely rosulate, (1·5)-2.5-7·5 × 1-2 cm., oblong- to ovate- to lanceolate-spathulate, coriac. to submembr., acute or obtuse; petioles up to c. 5 mm. long. Cauline Ivs 1-5 pairs, sessile, oblong to narrow-oblong; lower ± 15 × 10 mm., ovate-oblong, obtuse. Infl. of few- to c. 10-fld umbelliform or corymbose cymes. Calyx c. 10 mm. long, divided 1/2-3/4 way into linear-oblong to narrow-ovate subacute to obtuse lobes. Corolla white, 20-25 mm. diam., deeply cut into oblong to broad-oblong to obovate rounded lobes with purplish central vein.
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0689827e-7606-44ea-aea5-51778215031c
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1 January 2000
29 July 2005