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Ornithopus perpusillus L.

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Ornithopus perpusillus L.
Ornithopus perpusillus L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Ornithopus perpusillus L.
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Ornithopus perpusillus

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perpusillus

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Ornithopus perpusillus L.

Spreading prostrate annual; stems sparsely to moderately hairy, ribbed. Lvs moderately to densely hairy; leaflets sessile, elliptic or oblong, acute or obtuse, in (5)-7-12-(14) pairs, sometimes alternate, 1-3-(4) mm long; stipules adnate to petiole, lanceolate. Heads 2-6-flowered; bracts subtending the heads with 5-9 leaflets; bracteoles subtending fls minute, scarious; peduncles <, =, or > lvs. Calyx moderately hairy; calyx teeth triangular, much < tube. Corolla white or cream with red or pink stripes on standard, 3-5 mm long. Pod densely hairy when young, becoming less hairy when mature, sometimes glabrous, constricted between seeds, veined, curved or straight, compressed, 10-20 mm long, with (1)-4-9, 1-seeded segments; seeds smooth, light brown.

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Ornithopus perpusillus L.
Ornithopus perpusillus L.

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Ornithopus perpusillus L.
New Zealand
Ornithopus perpusillus L.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Ornithopus perpusillus L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Ornithopus perpusillus L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Ornithopus perpusillus L.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Ornithopus perpusillus L.
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Ornithopus perpusillus L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Ornithopus perpusillus L.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
Ornithopus perpusillus L.
United Kingdom

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4f6b5053-937a-4d06-8ee4-2570ca64a5e5
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
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