Cotula linearifolia Cheeseman
Details
Cotula linearifolia Cheeseman, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 15: 299 (1882 [1883])
Nomenclature
Cheeseman
Cheeseman
1882
1883
299
ICN
Cotula linearifolia Cheeseman
species
Cotula linearifolia
Classification
Descriptions
Cotula linearifolia Cheeseman
"Small, dark-green, rather thick and fleshy, aromatic, sparingly pilose. Stems prostrate, branched, ascending at the tips. Leaves alternate, 1/2-11/2 in. long, narrow-linear or linear-spathulate, obtuse, gradually narrowed to the sheathing base, quite entire, coriaceous, gland-dotted. Peduncles 2-4 in. long, slender, terminal, with 4-8 small linear bracts. Heads unisexual, 1/4-⅓ in. diam.; involucral bracts in about 3 series, linear-oblong, obtuse, with purplish scarious margins. Receptacle convex. Florets studded with transparent glands; female corolla swollen at the base, obscurely tetragonous, narrowed above, minutely 4-toothed; corolla of the males smaller and more slender, narrow funnel-shaped, 4-lobed. Achene linear-obovoid, compressed."
Taxonomic concepts
Cotula linearifolia Cheeseman
Cotula linearifolia Cheeseman
Cotula linearifolia Cheeseman
Cotula linearifolia Cheeseman
Metadata
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scientific name
Names_Plants
23 April 2004
10 November 2005