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Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton

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Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton

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Exotic
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New Zealand
Political Region

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W.T.Aiton
W.T.Aiton
authority is NOT R.Br. see Melbourne ICN Art. 46, Note 3, but see Ex. 23
ICN
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
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Nasturtium officinale

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officinale

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Perennial stoloniferous herb. Stems trailing, glabrous, to several m long. Lvs glabrous, all similar, but becoming smaller near infl., pinnate, petiolate, 2-10-(25) × 1-5 cm; basal auricles small; leaflets rounded, ovate; margins entire or sinuate. Pedicels glabrous, slender, erecto-patent, spreading to deflexed at fruiting, (5)-10-15-(18) mm long (very rarely to 30 mm). Sepals 1.5-2.5 × 0.7-1.5 mm. Petals white, (3)-4-6 × (1)-1.5-2.5 mm. Silique glabrous, narrow-oblong, curved, (8)-12-15-(18) × 2-2.5 mm; valves with distinct midrib, at least below; style c. 1 mm long. Seeds distinctly in 2 rows per locule, brown, c. 1 mm long, coarsely reticulate with 20-50 polygonal depressions per face.

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Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
Nasturtium officinale R.Br.
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
Nasturtium officinale R.Br.
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
Nasturtium officinale R.Br.
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
Nasturtium officinale R.Br.

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Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
Australia
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
Cook Islands
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
Westland Land District
Nasturtium officinale W.T.Aiton
United Kingdom

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2fee9098-d61b-4947-9e02-5627c0b4b0f0
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
20 November 2013
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