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Wahlenbergia pygmaea subsp. tararua J.A.Petterson

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Wahlenbergia pygmaea subsp. tararua J.A.Petterson, New Zealand J. Bot. 35: 43 (1997)

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J.A.Petterson
J.A.Petterson
Petterson, J.A. 1997: Revision of the genus Wahlenbergia (Campanulaceae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 35(1): 9–54.
1997
43
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Wahlenbergia pygmaea subsp. tararua J.A.Petterson
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Wahlenbergia pygmaea subsp. tararua
The epithet tararua refers to the type locality (Tararua Ranges, Mitre Peak) and distribution of the subspecies.

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Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Wahlenbergia pygmaea subsp. tararua J.A.Petterson

2n = 36
Petterson, J.A. 1997: Revision of the genus Wahlenbergia (Campanulaceae) in New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 35(1): 9–54.

Wahlenbergia pygmaea subsp. tararua J.A.Petterson

Similar to W. pygmaea, but with leaves sessile, laminas elliptic to oblanceolate, flat, evenly serrate with 4—7 marginal teeth on each side, narrowed slightly at base, forming distinctive neatly radiating rosettes in cultivation. Leaf margins not red. Flowers opaque white with one fine blue vein beneath each petal. Capsules domed cylindric, mature capsules not seen. Not self-fertile in cult. v.v.
W. pygmaea similis, flora alba opaqua, folia serrata, dentibus 9—15.

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Wahlenbergia pygmaea subsp. tararua J.A.Petterson
Wahlenbergia pygmaea subsp. tararua J.A.Petterson
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Wahlenbergia Schrad. ex Roth
Wahlenbergia pygmaea subsp. tararua J.A.Petterson
Wahlenbergia pygmaea subsp. tararua J.A.Petterson
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2004)
Wahlenbergia pygmaea subsp. tararua J.A.Petterson
Wahlenbergia pygmaea subsp. tararua J.A.Petterson
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A. et al. (2009)
Wahlenbergia pygmaea subsp. tararua J.A.Petterson
Wahlenbergia pygmaea subsp. tararua J.A.Petterson
Petterson, J.A. (1997)

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Wahlenbergia pygmaea subsp. tararua J.A.Petterson
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Wahlenbergia pygmaea subsp. tararua J.A.Petterson
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Etymology
The epithet tararua refers to the type locality (Tararua Ranges, Mitre Peak) and distribution of the subspecies.

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12 February 2003
17 January 2018
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