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Galega officinalis L.

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Galega officinalis L.
Galega officinalis L.

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Exotic
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New Zealand
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Galega officinalis L.
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Galega officinalis

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officinalis

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Galega officinalis L.

Stems rounded, ribbed, ± glabrous. Lvs sparsely hairy; stipules ovate-lanceolate with 1-3 basal lobes; leaflets subsessile, elliptic-ovate to oblong, obtuse or acute, mucronate, in 4-9 ± opposite pairs, (15)-20-50 mm long, pinnately veined. Infl. axillary, = or > lvs, with numerous fls; bracts subtending pedicels lanceolate, c. 5-7 mm long; pedicels 3-6 mm long. Calyx glabrous, or with scattered, short hairs at base of tube and teeth, slightly gibbous at base; calyx teeth ± = or slightly < tube, linear. Corolla white to pale purplish or pinkish blue or deep pink, 10-13 mm long. Pod glabrous, ± cylindric, with thickened parallel veins, 2-8-seeded, 15-40 mm long; seeds smooth, oblong, constricted slightly at the short hilum.

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Galega officinalis L.
Galega officinalis L.
Galega officinalis L.
Galega officinalis L.
Galega officinalis L.
Galega officinalis L.
Galega officinalis L.
Galega officinalis L.

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Galega officinalis L.
New Zealand
Galega officinalis L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Galega officinalis L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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e896b82d-e827-40f6-8cae-8e13cd9145fd
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1 January 2000
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