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Matthiola incana (L.) W.T.Aiton

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Matthiola incana (L.) W.T.Aiton
Matthiola incana (L.) W.T.Aiton

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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(L.) W.T.Aiton
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W.T.Aiton
authority NOT R.Br. see Melbourne ICN Art. 46, Note 3, but see Ex. 23
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Matthiola incana

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incana

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Matthiola incana (L.) W.T.Aiton

Perennial. Stems hairy, branched, stout, erect, woody, to 80 cm tall, bearing conspicuous lf base scars below. Lvs tufted at branch tips, lanceolate, obtuse, entire, sinuate or shallowly pinnatifid, densely tomentose, glaucous, cuneate at base, (3)-8-15-(30) × (0.5)-1-2-(4) cm. Racemes 15-20-(30) cm long; pedicels erecto-patent, 1-2 cm long. Fls fragrant, opening by day. Sepals densely hairy, 9-13 × 1.5-2.5 mm. Petals pink to purple, 18-25 × 5-10 mm. Silique flattened, 50-120 × 3-5 mm; stigma lobes 1.5-2 mm long, dorsally swollen but not horned; valves densely hairy. Seeds circular, brown, flattened, broadly winged, 2-3 mm diam.

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Matthiola incana (L.) W.T.Aiton
Matthiola incana (L.) R.Br.

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Matthiola incana (L.) W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
Matthiola incana (L.) W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Matthiola incana (L.) W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Matthiola incana (L.) W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Matthiola incana (L.) W.T.Aiton
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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1 January 2000
20 November 2013
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