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Calandrinia compressa Schrad. ex DC.

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Calandrinia compressa Schrad. ex DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3, 359 (1828)
Calandrinia compressa Schrad. ex DC.

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New Zealand
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Schrad. ex DC.
DC.
1828
359
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Calandrinia compressa Schrad. ex DC.
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Calandrinia compressa

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compressa

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Calandrinia compressa Schrad. ex DC.

Taprooted annual herb. Stems 1-many, suberect or ascending, glabrous, often reddish, 10-40 cm tall. Rosette lvs linear-obovate, obtuse, ciliate, 30-50-(100) × 1.5-2-(5) mm, tapering gradually to subsheathing base; stem lvs similar, the uppermost becoming sessile, acute. Infl. terminal, racemose; bracts leaflike; pedicels erect, sparsely hairy, 3-15 mm long. Sepals broadly triangular, acute, keeled at apex, truncate to hastate and connate at base, ciliate and hairy near base, (4)-6-8-(10) × (4)-6-8-(10) mm. Petals 5, purple, 7-10 mm long. Stamens (5)-10; anthers yellow; filaments magenta. Stigmas 3, purple. Capsule ovoid, c. = sepals, dehiscing by 3 valves. Seeds ovoid-flattened, black, smooth, shiny, 1-1.5 mm long.

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Calandrinia compressa Schrad. ex DC.
Calandrinia compressa DC.
Calandrinia compressa Schrad. ex DC.

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Calandrinia compressa Schrad. ex DC.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Calandrinia compressa Schrad. ex DC.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Calandrinia compressa Schrad. ex DC.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Calandrinia compressa Schrad. ex DC.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District

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1 January 2000
4 October 2011
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