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Cobaea scandens Cav.

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Cobaea scandens Cav.
Cobaea scandens Cav.

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Exotic
Wild
New Zealand
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Cav.
Cav.
1791
ICN
Cobaea scandens Cav.
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Cobaea scandens

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scandens

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Cobaea scandens Cav.

Glabrous or almost glabrous, vigorous, perennial liane. Leaflets usually in 3 pairs, including basal pair, petiolulate; tendrils branched and becoming woody towards base, purplish when young. Lamina 4-12 × 2-5.5 cm, elliptic to obovate, entire; base cuneate to rounded, sometimes asymmetric; apex acute or mucronate. Calyx accrescent, 3-4 × 1.7-2.7 cm; lobes broadly oblong or oblong-ovate to almost orbicular, glaucous, often purple-tinged where exposed to sunlight, mucronate; margins strongly undulate. Corolla 6-7 cm long, deeply campanulate, green, becoming purple after anthesis; tube c. 3 cm wide; lobes 1.5-2 cm long, broad and rounded. Filaments slender, with basal woolly tuft; anthers 10-12 mm long, linear. Capsule (3)-5.5-8.5 cm long, ± ellipsoid; valves 2-3 cm wide. Seed 1-1.5 cm long including narrow wing, broad- or oblong-ovoid.

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Cobaea scandens Cav.
Cobaea scandens Cav.
Cobaea scandens Cav.
Cobaea scandens Cav.
Cobaea scandens Cav.
Cobaea scandens Cav.
Cobaea scandens Cav.
Cobaea scandens Cav.
Cobaea scandens Cav.
Cobaea scandens Cav.
Cobaea scandens Cav.
Cobaea scandens Cav.
Cobaea scandens Cav.
Cobaea scandens Cav.
Cobaea scandens Cav.
Cobaea scandens Cav.

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Cobaea scandens Cav.
New Zealand
Cobaea scandens Cav.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Cobaea scandens Cav.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Cobaea scandens Cav.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Cobaea scandens Cav.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Cobaea scandens Cav.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Cobaea scandens Cav.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Cobaea scandens Cav.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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718dd019-35ae-4bfe-ba2b-dfa2e81af4af
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
30 December 2023
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