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Scorpiurus muricatus L.

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Scorpiurus muricatus L.
Scorpiurus muricatus L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Scorpiurus muricatus L.
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Scorpiurus muricatus

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Fabales
Leguminosae
Scorpiurus
muricatus

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Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Scorpiurus muricatus L.

Glabrous or sparsely hairy annual; stems ribbed. Lvs sparsely hairy along margins, elliptic to ovate, acute or obtuse, c. 60-120 mm long (excluding petiole); petiole somewhat < blade; stipules partly adnate to petiole, ovate-lanceolate, 10-30 mm long. Infl. long-pedunculate, (1)-2-4-flowered. Calyx sparsely hairy; calyx teeth triangular-acuminate, < or = tube. Corolla yellow, 8-12 mm long. Pod glabrous, c. 10 mm diam., with 2-8, 1-seeded segments; outer 4-6 ribs tuberculate or spinose; seeds crescent-shaped.

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Scorpiurus muricatus L.
Scorpiurus muricatus L.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)

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Scorpiurus muricatus L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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1 January 2000
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