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Sherardia arvensis L.

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Sherardia arvensis L., Sp. Pl. 102 (1753)
Sherardia arvensis L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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L.
L.
1753
102
ICN
Sherardia arvensis L.
species
Sherardia arvensis

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arvensis

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Sherardia arvensis L.

Annual herb with diffuse or mat-forming habit; roots slender, reddish. Stems prostrate or decumbent; angles scabrid. Lvs and leaflike stipules (1.5)-2-15 × (0.8)-1-4 mm, narrow- to broad-elliptic, hairy; margins and midrib beneath scabrid; apex mucronate or acuminate. Involucral bracts similar to lvs but sometimes almost lanceolate. Calyx lobes c. 0.5 mm long, lanceolate-ovate. Corolla 2-4.5 mm diam.; tube slender, > lobes, whitish; limb cross-shaped; lobes c. 2 mm long, narrow-elliptic, usually mauve, occasionally white. Mericarps 1.5-2 mm long excluding persistent calyx, obovoid or ellipsoid, with appressed hairs.

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Sherardia arvensis L.
Sherardia arvensis L.

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Sherardia arvensis L.
Australia
Sherardia arvensis L.
New Zealand
Sherardia arvensis L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Sherardia arvensis L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Sherardia arvensis L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Sherardia arvensis L.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Sherardia arvensis L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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08a325be-28eb-4a69-9578-ca5ef02892c6
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
21 November 2013
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