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Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.

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Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 158 (1853)
Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1853
158
ICN
Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.
species
Lobelia perpusilla

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perpusilla

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Slender herb, glab. or ± pilose, with prostrate stems and branches rooting at nodes; branchlets very slender, ascending at tips or elongate and sprawling. Lvs subsessile or with petioles up to 5 mm. long. Lamina ovate-oblong to oblong in outline, (2)-3-4-(5) × (1)-1·5-2-(3) mm.; coarsely, deeply toothed (teeth occ. few), ± pilose, membr. to slightly fleshy. Peduncles at first very short, elongating to 10-15-(20) mm. long, filiform. Fls (4)-6-10 mm. long; calyx ± pilose, 4-5 mm. long; lobes ± 2 mm. long, linear, acute to acuminate, ± recurved. Corolla white to very pale cream; lobes linear-lanceolate, acute, up to ± 7 mm. long; anthers glab. Berry (immature) subglobose, green, ± 3 mm. diam.; seeds ∞.

Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.

2n = 42
2n = 42
2n = 42
n = 21
Glabrous or ± pilose herb, prostrate or nearly so. Stems rooting at nodes, generally branched, slender, generally glabrous. Lvs subsessile or with very short petioles. Lamina 1.5-4-(5) × 1-2-(3) mm, oblong to ovate-oblong, deeply and narrowly toothed, sometimes entire or slightly toothed, generally glabrous, sometimes ± pilose, membranous or nearly so. Peduncles often very short at anthesis, elongating to c. 20 mm, filiform. Fls solitary. Calyx lobes 1-3 mm long, ± pilose, linear to elliptic. Corolla 4-8-(11) mm long, white or whitish, often dark-veined; tube 5-6 mm long, tapering evenly towards base; lobes 2-3 mm long, linear-lanceolate to elliptic, spreading, acute. Fr. to c. 8 mm diam., subglobose, purplish or greenish.

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Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.
Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.
Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.
Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.
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Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.
Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.
Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.
Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.
Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.
Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.
Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.
Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.
Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.
Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.
Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.
Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.

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Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.
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Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.
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Ruahine-Cook
Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.
[Not available]
South Auckland
Lobelia perpusilla Hook.f.
[Not available]
South Otago

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c73116b2-8226-4a94-8281-aead3aaa33ab
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Names_Plants
20 September 2006
18 July 2011
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