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Lythrum portula (L.) D.A.Webb

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Lythrum portula (L.) D.A.Webb (1967)
Lythrum portula (L.) D.A.Webb

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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(L.) D.A.Webb
L.
D.A.Webb
1967
13
ICN
species
Lythrum portula

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portula

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Lythrum portula (L.) D.A.Webb

Glabrous annual; stems creeping, pinkish, rooting at nodes, often mat-forming. Lvs opposite, shortly petiolate. Lamina 3-12 × 2-8 mm, obovate or suborbicular, entire, somewhat succulent; base attenuate; apex rounded. Fls solitary, ± subsessile, monomorphic. Bracteoles > pedicel. Calyx 1.2-1.5 mm long; tube broad-campanulate; teeth membranous and pinkish except for green margins and mid-vein, acuminate with dark apex; epicalyx segments subulate, green or pink, = or > calyx teeth. Petals 0 (possibly sometimes minute). Stamens 6, always included. Style always very short. Capsule included, c. 2 mm diam., subglobose, membranous, often pinkish. Seed 0.5-0.6 mm long, flat on one face, convex on the other.

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Lythrum portula (L.) D.A.Webb
Lythrum portula (L.) D.A.Webb

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Lythrum portula (L.) D.A.Webb
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Lythrum portula (L.) D.A.Webb
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Lythrum portula (L.) D.A.Webb
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Lythrum portula (L.) D.A.Webb
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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1 January 2000
24 September 2015
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