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Calluna Salisb.

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Calluna Salisb., Trans. Linn. Soc. London 6: 317 (1802)
Calluna Salisb.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Salisb.
Salisb.
1802
317
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Calluna Salisb.
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Calluna

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Calluna

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Calluna Salisb.

Small evergreen shrub. Lvs opposite, sessile, scale-like, 4-ranked. Fls in bracteate, terminal spikes or sometimes panicles, 4-merous. Calyx of free petaloid sepals, > corolla, persistent. Corolla deeply lobed, campanulate, persistent, scarious. Stamens 8, included; anthers acuminate, with 2 reflexed dorsal appendages, opening by elongated slits. Fr. a septifragal capsule, invested in the persistent perianth. Seeds few.

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Calluna Salisb.
Calluna Salisb.
Calluna Salisb.
Calluna
Calluna Salisb.

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95581d79-5196-4160-9bf6-76c77fba79c9
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1 January 2000
4 September 2008
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