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Forstera tenella Hook.f.

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Forstera tenella Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 154 (1853)
Forstera tenella Hook.f.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1853
154
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Forstera tenella Hook.f.
species
Forstera tenella

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tenella

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Stems rather slender, decumbent and rooting near base, then ascending to erect, ± branched, up to 2 dm. long, us. shorter. Lvs ascending, then patent to reflexed, us. rather less densely imbricate than in the two previous spp., ± 6-12 × 2-3 mm., linear-oblong to narrowly obovate-oblong to elliptic, obtuse or subacute; costa indistinct, narrow; cartilaginous margins narrow. Peduncles 1-3-fld, up to 10 cm. long, us. shorter, slender. Fls (5)-6-10 mm. long and diam. Bracts narrow-oblong. Calyx-lobes 5-6, ovate. Corolla white; lobes 5-7, obovate-oblong; glands linear, conspicious. Epig. glands 2, subulate. Capsule c. 10 mm. long, narrow-ovoid.
Branches us. several, close-set, ± 4 cm. long. Lvs ± 6-10 × 4 mm. (rarely up to 20 × 6 mm.), very densely imbricate, erect, then patent, very coriac., costa more evident. Bracts ± 6-8 mm. long, linear. Peduncles ± 4-6 cm. long, 1-2-fld. Fls up to 15 mm. long; calyx-lobes ovate-oblong.

Forstera tenella Hook.f.

Stems simple or few, very slender, decumbent and rooting near base, ascending or sprawling above. Lvs us. distinctly separated, not imbricate, patent, on petioles c. 1 mm. long. Lamina subcoriac., narrow-oblong to narrow-obovate, (6)-8-10-(15) × 3-5 mm.; margins ± recurved, cartilaginous; costa inconspicuous to obsolete. Peduncles very slender to filiform, 5-10 cm. long, 1-2-3-fld; pedicels up to c. 5 mm. long. Bracts filiform, c. 5 mm. long. Fls 8-10 mm. diam.; calyx-lobes 5-6, broad- to narrow-oblong. Corolla white, 5-6-lobed, 8-9 mm. long; lobes ovate-oblong; glands 2, linear. Epig. glands 2, subulate. Capsule narrow-ovoid, elongating to 8-10 mm. long.

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Forstera bidwillii Hook.f.
Forstera tenella Hook.f.
Forstera bidwillii Hook.f. var. bidwillii
Forstera tenella Hook.f.
Forstera bidwillii var. densifolia Mildbr.
Forstera tenella Hook.f.
Forstera major Colenso
Forstera tenella Hook.f.
Forstera tenella Hook.f.
Forstera tenella Hook.f.
Forstera tenella Hook.f.
Forstera tenella Hook.f.
Forstera tenella Hook.f.
Forstera tenella Hook.f.
Forstera tenella Hook.f.
Forstera tenella Hook.f.
Forstera tenella Hook.f.
Forstera tenella Hook.f.
Forstera tenella Hook.f.
Forstera truncatella Colenso
Forstera tenella Hook.f.

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Forstera tenella Hook.f.
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45859ffd-fb54-40de-ba81-2140b79a6dd4
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
4 November 2009
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