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Sonchus kirkii Hamlin

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Sonchus kirkii Hamlin, New Zealand J. Bot. 14: 279 (1976)
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Hamlin
Hamlin
1976
279
replacement name
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Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
species
Sonchus kirkii

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kirkii

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Sonchus kirkii Hamlin

Biennial to perennial. Roots tap and fibrous; taproot swollen above. Stem erect, simple or branching above, finely grooved or ribbed, glabrous, (5)-15-60-(100) cm tall. Lvs thick, glaucous, dull, glabrous, lanceolate to narrowly oblong to linear-oblanceolate, (3)-8-20-(55) × (1)-3-6-(15) cm; margins dentate. Rosette and lower stem lvs tapering to base, pinnatifid to < 1/2 way to midrib; lobes broadly triangular, spreading or slightly deflexed. Upper lvs not lobed, narrowly triangular to linear or narrowly oblanceolate, with ± rounded amplexicaul auricles at base. Infl. cymose to umbellate; capitula few to many. Involucre 10-15 mm long, turbinate to cylindric; bracts imbricate, recurved at fruiting, glabrous or sometimes the outer with a row of median broad-based trichomes, occasionally densely white-tomentose at base. Receptacle glabrous. Florets 11/2× length of involucre; corolla tube slightly > ligule; ligules spreading, yellow. Achenes elliptic, brown, strongly flattened, (3)-3.5-4 × 1.3-1.8 mm, 3-ribbed on each face, winged; spaces between ribs smooth; wings and ribs smooth. Pappus fine, white, c. = involucre.

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Sonchus asper var. littoralis (Kirk) Kirk
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
Sonchus asper var. littoralis (Kirk) Kirk
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
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Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
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Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
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Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
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Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
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Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
Sonchus littoralis (Kirk) Allan
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
Sonchus littoralis (Kirk) Cockayne
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
Sonchus littoralis (Kirk) Cockayne
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
Sonchus littoralis (Kirk) Allan
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
Sonchus oleraceus var. littoralis Kirk
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin

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Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
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Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
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Ruahine-Cook

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84b203f3-54a9-4da0-8e48-9af4ba0e5e7f
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
14 June 2006
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