Gratiola nana Benth.
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Gratiola nana Benth. in de Candolle, Prodr. 10
404 (1846)
Gratiola nana Benth.
Nomenclature
Benth.
Benth.
1846
404
ICN
species
Gratiola nana
Classification
Descriptions
Gratiola nana Benth.
Herb with procumbent or creeping slender stems; branches ∞, closeset, often intertangled, up to ± 2 dm. long, ± clad in jointed glandular hairs, ascending at tips. Lvs sessile or nearly so, ± 4-7 × 2-5 mm., oblong to obovate to suborbicular, obtuse, ± obtusely toothed, glab. or glandular-pilose. Fls few, very shortly peduncled in upper lf-axils. Calyx glandular-pilose, 3-4 mm. long, lobes sts toothed. Corolla (6)-8-12 mm. long, white to yellowish, us. with ∞ pink veins, throat yellowish, lobes short, obtuse. Anthers connivent, cells parallel; staminodes filiform, long.
Gratiola nana Benth.
n = 15
2n = 30
Taxonomic concepts
Historic biostatus
Collections
Identification keys
Notes
editorial
Type of G. nana from Australia. Investigation into the G. nana complex is in progress. Some researcher suggest that New Zealand plants are distinct from the Australian ones. The name G. concinna is sometimes used in preference for the New Zealand plants.
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scientific name
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1 January 2000
29 June 2007