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Aciphylla polita (Kirk) Cheeseman
Aciphylla polita (Kirk) Cheeseman

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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(Kirk) Cheeseman
Kirk
Cheeseman
ICN
species
Aciphylla polita

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polita

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Aciphylla polita (Kirk) Cheeseman

Small, tufted, with erect stems up to 2 dm. tall, us. shorter. Lvs 2-3-pinnate (rarely only 1-pinnate), up to 15 cm. long. Sheaths c. 3 cm. × 8 mm.; stipules subfiliform, with slightly expanded base, unequal, up to 1 cm. long; Petioles ± 10-20 mm. long, internodes very short. Primary pinnae 4-6 pairs, ± 4 cm. long; secondary to c. 1 cm. long, very narrow-linear, flaccid; tertiary ± 1 mm. wide to capillary, mucronulate. Stems of male plants very slender, c. 15 cm. long including lax infl. ± 7 cm. long. Bracts small; sheaths ± 15 × 4 mm., thin; stipules capillary; lamina pinnately to bipinnately divided, up to c. 2 cm. long. Umbels forming a loose open panicle; rays very slender, unequal, up to c. 4 cm. long. Umbellules ± 5 mm. diam., on capillary rays. Stems of female plants stiff, slender, with lax infl. up to ± 5 cm. long. Bract-sheaths c. 10 mm. long; stipules ± linear-lanceolate; lamina pinnately divided. Umbels forming an open panicle, slightly more compound than in male plants; rays unequal, c. 2-3 cm. long, spreading; umbellules very small, on very short rays. Fr. c. 3 mm. long.

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Aciphylla polita (Kirk) Cheeseman
Aciphylla polita (Kirk) Cheeseman
Aciphylla polita (Kirk) Cheeseman
Aciphylla polita (Kirk) Cheeseman
Aciphylla polita (Kirk) Cheeseman
Aciphylla polita (Kirk) Cheeseman
Aciphylla polita (Kirk) Cheeseman
Aciphylla polita (Kirk) Cheeseman
Aciphylla polita (Kirk) Cheeseman
Aciphylla polita (Kirk) Cheeseman

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Aciphylla polita (Kirk) Cheeseman
New Zealand
Aciphylla polita (Kirk) Cheeseman
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Aciphylla polita (Kirk) Cheeseman
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Aciphylla polita (Kirk) Cheeseman
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Aciphylla polita (Kirk) Cheeseman
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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57657d55-cdc1-4d31-a49c-5e57e56a2dbc
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
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