Sedum forsterianum sensu New Zealand Botanists
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Sedum forsterianum sensu New Zealand Botanists
Nomenclature
New Zealand Botanists
New Zealand Botanists
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species
Sedum forsterianum
Classification
Descriptions
Sedum forsterianum sensu New Zealand Botanists
Glabrous, perennial herb, forming very loose mats; stems numerous, freely rooting at nodes, decumbent with ± erect apical parts to c. 7 cm high. Lvs alternate, sessile, densely crowded and imbricate in a cone-like cluster occupying the terminal 2-3 cm of stem, c. 10-25 × 1.2-2.5 mm, c. 1 mm thick, linear or narrowly linear-lanceolate, with lower surface convex and upper surface flat, with angular, entire margins, green or possibly sometimes glaucous-white; apex obtuse or acute. Infl. terminal, usually 8-22 cm high, with numerous, long, leaflike bracts along main rachis; cyme corymbose, usually 2.5-6 cm across, with 2-5 forked branches. Fls numerous, ± subsessile, secund. Sepals ± equal, 2-3 mm long, triangular or triangular-ovate. Petals 5, ± patent, c. 4-5 × 1-1.5 mm, elliptic-lanceolate to elliptic-ovate, yellow, subacute. Stamens 2.5-3.5 mm long; filaments yellow; anthers yellowish. Carpels and styles ± yellow. Scales ± rectangular-oblong, longer than wide. Follicles yellow, ± parallel. Seed c. 0.7 mm long, ellipsoid, papillate but not longitudinally ribbed.
Taxonomic concepts
Sedum forsterianum sensu New Zealand Botanists
Sedum forsterianum sensu New Zealand Botanists
Sedum forsterianum sensu New Zealand Botanists
Sedum forsterianum sensu New Zealand Botanists
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Names_Plants
13 March 2002
29 May 2009