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Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.

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Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br., The Gardeners' Chronicle 336 (1913)
Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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(Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
Cheeseman
N.E.Br.
1913
336
ICN
species
Wahlenbergia congesta

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congesta

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Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.

Perennial, with creeping much-branched interlacing rhizomes, forming us. densely matted patches ± 5-10 cm. diam. Stems and branches us. compact, glab. or with spreading hairs towards tips. Lvs ± 8-25 mm. long, rosulate, glab., glossy, membr., orbicular- to oblong- to elliptic-spathulate, subacute (sts narrower) suddenly narrowed into a slender us. ciliate petiole often up to 2-3 times length of lamina. Peduncles simple, 2-5 cm. tall, slender, sts with small lanceolate toothed bract c. midway. Fl. solitary, glab., campanulate, c. 8-12 mm. diam. Calyx shallowly turbinate, lobes narrow-triangular, acute, c. 1·5 × 1 mm. Corolla pale blue or white, c. 8 × 6 mm., cut c. ⅓ way into 5 subacute lobes. Style c. twice length corolla-tube; stigma 2-3-lobed. Capsule globose, 5-6-(8) mm. diam., glab., tuberculate. Seeds ∞, minute.

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Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
Wahlenbergia morganii Petrie
Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
Wahlenbergia saxicola var. congesta Cheeseman
Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.

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Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
New Zealand
Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Wahlenbergia congesta (Cheeseman) N.E.Br.
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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2f4d65f9-5bc8-4321-afc9-4d62c4426581
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
17 August 2005
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