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Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich.

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Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich.
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich.

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New Zealand
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(L.) A.Rich.
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A.Rich.
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Ecballium elaterium

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elaterium

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Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich.

Annual or short-lived perennial herb with stout rootstock. Stems running, ± succulent, hispid and with dense short soft hairs. Petiole to c. 7 cm long. Lamina to 10 × 8 cm (to 18 × 18 cm in cultivation), ± triangular with a pair of basal lobes and a pair of short lateral lobes, with scattered scabrid hairs above, densely hairy and hispid below especially on the prominent nerve reticulum; margins strongly sinuate and undulate; base deeply cordate; apex obtuse. Racemes few-flowered; pedicels short, densely hairy. Calyx c. 10 mm long, densely hairy. Petals 10-17-(20) × 6-7 mm, pale yellow, elliptic-oblong, densely hairy outside, apiculate. Filaments c. 3 mm long; anthers irregularly lobed; pollen orange. ♀ fls often in same axil as ♂ fls but somewhat smaller. Fr. ± pendent on a recurved pedicel, 3-5 cm long; pulp almost transparent. Seed c. 5 mm long, dark brown.

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Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich.
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich.

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Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich.
New Zealand
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Ecballium elaterium (L.) A.Rich.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District

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49589600-06bb-4cb1-a997-254459ff89a6
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1 January 2000
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