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Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.

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Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav. (1798)
Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Ruiz & Pav.
Ruiz & Pav.
1798
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Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.
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Soliva sessilis

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sessilis

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Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.

Prostrate annual, forming patches up to c. 40 cm diam. Stems sparsely to densely clothed in long hairs, especially toward tips, rooting at nodes. Basal and lower cauline lvs petiolate, sheathing at base, sparsely to moderately hairy, 2-3-pinnatisect, up to 5 × 1.5 cm; primary divisions in 2-5 pairs; ultimate segments narrow-elliptic to subulate, not all in one plane giving a somewhat feathery appearance to the lf. Cauline lvs similar to basal but smaller, mostly 15 × 5-8 mm. Involucral bracts in 1-2 rows, hairy, acute to apiculate, 3-6 mm long. Capitula inconspicuous at flowering, usually scattered along stems, 4-10 mm diam. at fruiting, with (3)-5-20-(27) mature achenes and central florets usually functionally ♂. Achenes glabrous or with short hairs on both surfaces and sometimes on wings, (2.5)-3-6 × 1.3-4.5 mm (including spine), with low central rib on outer face; lateral angles not winged or with narrow to broad thin wings; wings entire or shallowly to deeply 2-lobed, rounded at apex or extended into narrow projections; spine 1.3-2.5 mm long.

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Soliva pterosperma (Juss.) Less.
Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.
Soliva pterosperma (Juss.) Less.
Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.
Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.
Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.
Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.
Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.
Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.
Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.
Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.

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Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.
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Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
Soliva sessilis Ruiz & Pav.
Norfolk Island
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District

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79ecd24d-0714-49e6-9524-22a486a75020
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
19 September 2011
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