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Astelia linearis Hook.f.

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Astelia linearis Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.) Part I, 76 (1844)
Astelia linearis Hook.f.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1844
76
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Astelia linearis Hook.f.
species
Astelia linearis

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linearis

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Astelia linearis Hook.f.

Low-growing herb, us. in extensive patches. Stem 1–2 mm. diam., sts long, rather sparsely branched but twigs closely crowded. Lvs (1)–5–10–(22) cm. × 1.5–6 mm., ± erect; sheath membr., clad abaxially only in narrow scales to 12 mm. long; lamina covered adaxially with a clear, detachable pellicle, margin, keel and sharply pointed tip with ± shaggy scales, one costa on each side evident. Infl. erect; peduncle 1–2 cm. long, panicle little longer, sts reduced to a single fl.; lowest spathe to 2.5 cm. long, ± foliaceous, subtending 1–3–(5) fls, other spathes, if any, very small and us. 1-fld. Fls covered in parts exposed in bud with brown-centred scales; per. greenish yellow, divided to base; tepals 3–6 mm. long, spreading in ♂, ± erect in ♀. Ovary pale, very narrow ovoid, 1-locular. Fr. 10–15–(20) × 4–8 mm., the pericarp succulent, clear red throughout, enclosed at the base in the somewhat enlarged membr. tepals. Seeds 1–10–(12), to 2 × 1.2 mm., shining, black, rounded; funicle hardened into an acute ± curved beak.

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Astelia linearis Hook.f.
Astelia linearis Hook.f.

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Astelia linearis Hook.f.
New Zealand
Astelia linearis Hook.f.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Astelia linearis Hook.f.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Astelia linearis Hook.f.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
Astelia linearis Hook.f.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Astelia linearis Hook.f.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
Astelia linearis Hook.f.
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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87e23613-51e0-4c39-aa48-be693fa3646b
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1 January 2000
19 February 2004
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