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Caltha L.

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Caltha L., Sp. Pl. 558 (1753)
Caltha L.

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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
Political Region

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L.
L.
1753
558
ICN
Caltha L.
genus
Caltha

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Caltha L.

Fls few to 1, perfect, regular, hypog. Sepals 5-10, petaloid, yellow or white; petals 0; stamens ∞; carpels 5-11, ovules several in 2 series. Fruit of a few follicles, each with several to many seeds. Perennial herbs with creeping rhizomes and ± cordate radical lvs. About 20 spp. of temperate regions. The N.Z. spp. are endemic and belong to the section Psychrophila as defined by Hill (Ann. Bot., Lond. 32, 1918, 421-422).

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Caltha L.
New Zealand
Southland Land District

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8f54d4f5-ebd9-4efe-a376-5cd5f1a87e97
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13 March 2002
5 February 2014
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