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Lychnis L.

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Lychnis L.
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Lychnis

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Lychnis L.

Perennial herbs. Hairs eglandular and/or glandular, or 0. Lvs opposite, exstipulate, linear to ovate; cauline lvs connate in pairs or sessile and amplexicaul. Infl. a lax to capitate dichasium; bracts leaflike; epicalyx 0. Calyx bell-shaped or cylindric, 10-veined, 5-toothed; commissures veined, not scarious. Petals 5, white to red or purple, clawed, entire or emarginate or laciniate; coronal scales triangular, paired at base of limb. Stamens 10. Styles 5. Fr. an ovoid or cylindric capsule, dehiscing by 5 entire teeth; carpophore short or long. Seeds reniform, laterally flattened, warty, not winged.

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Lychnis L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District

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93bfc5a9-a57d-4b3b-979e-54ae588231de
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1 January 2000
28 January 2014
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