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Persicaria prostrata (R.Br.) Soják

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Persicaria prostrata (R.Br.) Soják (1974)
Persicaria prostrata (R.Br.) Soják

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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(R.Br.) Soják
R.Br.
Soják
1974
154
ICN
species
Persicaria prostrata

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Prostrate, appressed-hirsute perennial; stems to 30 cm long, woody at base, with antrorse hairs, tending to form a mat; taproot present. Lvs all similar, subsessile or with short petiole. Lamina 6-25 × 2-7 mm, lanceolate or linear-lanceolate, minutely serrulate; base narrow-cuneate; apex obtuse. Ochreae to 8 mm long, with appressed hairs, ciliate. Racemes spike-like, usually axillary, rarely terminal; rachis sometimes with very short glandular hairs and hirsute; peduncle to c. 12 mm long; infl. 8-20 mm long; pedicels very short, hidden. Fls 15-25; bracts often = or > fls, pink, hirsute. Perianth 1.5-1.8 mm long, eglandular, green, accrescent; segments ± broad-elliptic, somewhat imbricate. Nut 1.4-1.7 mm diam., biconvex or subglobose, ± shining, black, finely granular.

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Persicaria prostrata (R.Br.) Soják
Persicaria prostrata (R.Br.) Soják
Persicaria prostrata (R.Br.) Soják
Persicaria prostrata (R.Br.) Soják
Persicaria prostrata (R.Br.) Soják
Persicaria prostrata (R.Br.) Soják
Persicaria prostrata (R.Br.) Soják
Persicaria prostrata (R.Br.) Sojak
Persicaria prostrata (R.Br.) Soják
Polygonum prostratum R.Br.
Persicaria prostrata (R.Br.) Soják

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Persicaria prostrata (R.Br.) Soják
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2e2067ee-e709-47dc-bec8-89f5defef293
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Names_Plants
9 October 2007
5 April 2016
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