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Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers

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Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers, Novon 8: 34 (1998)
Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers

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Endemic
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New Zealand
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(Hook.f.) Lammers
Hook.f.
Lammers
1998
34
ICN
species
Lobelia macrodon

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macrodon

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Glab. subsucculent herb; stems and branches rather stout, creeping, rooting at nodes, forming small, us. rather dense, patches. Lvs approximate, subsessile. Lamina thick, ± 5-10 × 4-9 mm.; broad-ovate to suborbicular, cuneately narrowed or rounded to base; coarsely toothed in upper half. Fls fragrant, 10-20 mm. long, at first subsessile; peduncle elongating to 3-5-(15) mm. Calyx ± 5 mm. long, cut to c. 1/2 way; lobes narrow-triangular, attenuate; sinus wide. Corolla very pale yellow to white; tube cylindric, ± 10 mm. long, somewhat inflated towards base; lobes spreading, oblong to linear, often subapiculate, ± 5 mm. long. Berry globose, 6-9 mm. diam., purplish; seeds ∞, minute.

Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers

n = 7
2n = 14
2n = 14
2n = 14
2n = 14
2n = 14
Glabrous, semi-succulent herb, ± prostrate, forming small, dense, compact patches. Stems rooting at nodes, branched, rather stout. Lvs subsessile. Lamina ± 5-10 × 4-9 mm, broad-ovate to suborbicular, ± succulent, cuneate to rounded at base, coarsely toothed to nearly entire in upper part. Peduncle very short until after anthesis, eventually 3-5-(15) mm long, rather stout. Fls solitary, fragrant. Calyx lobes 2-3-(5) mm long, narrow-triangular; sinus wide. Corolla cream; tube cylindric, ± 10-13-(15) mm long, rather inflated towards base; lobes 5-9 mm long, linear-oblong to broad-oblong, spreading, often apiculate. Fr. 6-9 mm diam., globose, purplish.

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Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers
Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers
Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers
Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers
Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers
Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers
Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers
Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers
Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers
Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers
Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers
Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers
Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers
Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers
Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers
Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers
Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers
Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers

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Lobelia macrodon (Hook.f.) Lammers
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18 July 2011
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