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Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach

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Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach (1841)
Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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(L.) Spach
L.
Spach
1841
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Persicaria orientalis

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orientalis

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Hairy, fibrous-rooted annual with erect stems 20-150-(250) cm tall. Lvs on main stem similar to those on branches; petiole to c. 10 cm long, densely hispid. Lamina 7-25 × 4-17 cm, ovate, entire, with margin and veins densely hispid above and below, otherwise hairs sparser; base rounded to cordate, broadly cuneate on infl. lvs; apex cuspidate. Ochreae c. 2 cm long on main part of stem, green, with apical lobes prominently setose. Infl. a large open panicle with densely hairy branches terminating in dense pendulous spikes (1)-3-8 cm long; pedicels to 5 mm long, enclosed by bracts until anthesis; bracts 4-6 mm long, scarious, with appressed hairs, densely ciliate. Perianth 3-5 mm long, crimson in bud, somewhat paler at anthesis, accrescent, eglandular; segments broad-ovate to broad-elliptic, imbricate. Nut c. 4 mm long, broad-ovoid and ± biconvex, glossy black, with a shallow depression in the middle on each side.

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Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach
Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach
Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach
Polygonum orientale L.
Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach

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Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Persicaria orientalis (L.) Spach
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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805574bb-1298-4cfd-b9ae-93be959f738c
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9 October 2007
5 April 2016
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