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Hydrocotyle tripartita R.Br. ex A.Rich.

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Hydrocotyle tripartita R.Br. ex A.Rich. (1820)
Hydrocotyle tripartita R.Br. ex A.Rich.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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R.Br. ex A.Rich.
A.Rich.
1820
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Hydrocotyle tripartita R.Br. ex A.Rich.
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Hydrocotyle tripartita

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tripartita

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Hydrocotyle tripartita R.Br. ex A.Rich.

Glab. or nearly so, forming patches ± 2 dm. diam.; stems almost filiform. Lvs on petioles ± 3-5 cm. long; lamina fleshy when fresh, (4)-5-10-(15) mm. diam.; lflts 3, almost sessile, ± 3-4 mm. long, obovate, cuneately narrowed to base, (2)-3-(5)-crenately toothed to entire. Umbels 2-6-(8)-fld on slender peduncles 1-3 cm. long. Fls c. 1-1·5 mm. long, subsessile. Fr. somewhat turgid, glab., us. very pale brown, c. 1-2 mm. diam. Mericarps obtuse on dorsal edge, each face with 1 very obscure rib.

Hydrocotyle tripartita R.Br. ex A.Rich.

Rhizomatous and stoloniferous perennial herb; stems glabrous, slender. Leaves 3-foliolate; leaflets sessile, shiny green, glabrous to sparsely pilose above, usually moderately pilose below (rarely glabrous), broadly obovate-cuneate, 2-6 mm long, with 1-3 lobes, and each lobe with 1-4 shallow dentate teeth, teeth with a small cartilaginous point; petiole slender, (3-) 10-30 (-50) mm long, always with a few retrorse hairs near blade, otherwise glabrous; stipules scale-like. Umbels simple (1-) 2- 10 (-12)-flowered; bracts scale-like, free or shortly fused at base, c. 0.5 mm long; flowers hermaphrodite, subsessile, c. 1-2 mm diam. Fruit brown, 0.8- 1.2 × 0.8-1.2, acute on dorsal edge; ribs raised, slender, prominent.

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Hydrocotyle tripartita R.Br. ex A.Rich.
Hydrocotyle tripartita R.Br. ex A.Rich.
Hydrocotyle tripartita R.Br. ex A.Rich.
Hydrocotyle tripartita R.Br. ex A.Rich.
Hydrocotyle tripartita R.Br. ex A.Rich.
Hydrocotyle tripartita R.Br. ex A.Rich.

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Hydrocotyle tripartita R.Br. ex A.Rich.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Hydrocotyle tripartita R.Br. ex A.Rich.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Hydrocotyle tripartita R.Br. ex A.Rich.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Hydrocotyle tripartita R.Br. ex A.Rich.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Hydrocotyle tripartita R.Br. ex A.Rich.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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70f83463-9d51-4d71-8c71-00c79ce3cc0e
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
21 April 2021
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