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Astelia nervosa Hook.f.

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Astelia nervosa Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 260 (1853)
Astelia nervosa Hook.f.

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Endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Hook.f.
Hook.f.
1853
260
ICN
Astelia nervosa Hook.f.
species
Astelia nervosa

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nervosa

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Astelia nervosa Hook.f.

Tufted plants often forming considerable colonies. Stem 1–2–(3) cm. diam. Lvs 50–150–(200) × 2–4–(6) cm., arched stiffly outwards and of firm texture, strongly keeled above the sheath; sheath to 8 cm. wide at base, thickly clad in scales; lamina adaxially green and covered with scales that form a continuous smooth transparent pellicle or are in parts or overall ruffled up into a white shaggy fur that obscures the green colour; abaxial surface with persistent indumentum of white or bronzed scales overlying a thin, hardly felted layer of wool and with lateral costae (1–2 on each side of midrib) not prominent. Infl. erect, most parts covered with scales; peduncle about = panicle, spathes longer; racemes us. < 12, all single or 2–3 in each of the 1–3 lowest spathes. Fls from light greenish fawn to very dark maroon, us. pedicellate and well spaced on relatively slender axes; tepals 4–6 × 2.5–4.5 mm., widely spreading in ♂, in ♀ curling outwards from deep per.-tube. Ovary 3-locular, pyriform. Fr. 8–15 × 5–8 mm., broadly ovate, various shades of orange to almost red, ± surrounded, at least until fully ripe, by ± fleshy scaly cup developed from per. n = 105.

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Astelia cockaynei Cheeseman
Astelia nervosa Hook.f.
Astelia montana (Kirk) Cockayne
Astelia nervosa Hook.f.
Astelia nervosa Hook.f.
Astelia nervosa Hook.f.
Astelia nervosa Hook.f.
Astelia nervosa Hook.f.
Astelia nervosa Hook.f.
Astelia nervosa Hook.f.
Astelia nervosa Hook.f.
Astelia nervosa Hook.f.
Astelia nervosa Hook.f.
Astelia nervosa Hook.f.
Astelia nervosa Hook.f.
Astelia nervosa Hook.f.
Astelia nervosa Hook.f.
Astelia nervosa var. montana Kirk ex Cheeseman
Astelia nervosa Hook.f.

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Astelia nervosa Hook.f.
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d0e8a36a-0f28-4239-b67b-c8f557b7bc8a
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Names_Plants
1 January 2000
19 February 2004
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