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Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) DC.

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Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) DC., Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3, 359 (1828)
Calandrinia ciliata (Ruiz & Pav.) DC.

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New Zealand
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(Ruiz & Pav.) DC.
Ruiz & Pav.
DC.
1828
359
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Calandrinia ciliata

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Taprooted annual herb. Stems (1)-many, ascending, glabrous, often reddish, 10-40 cm tall. Rosette lvs obovate-spathulate, acute, ciliate, 30-70-(100) × 3-6 mm, tapering to subsheathing base; stem lvs similar, smaller, not becoming sessile, acute. Infl. terminal, racemose; bracts leaflike; pedicels erect, glabrous or sparsely hairy, 3-15-(25) mm long. Sepals lanceolate-ovate, acute, keeled at apex, cuneate and free at base, ciliate on margins and keel, (5)-7-10 × (3)-4-6 mm. Petals 5, purple, (8)-10-13 mm long. Stamens c. 10; anthers yellow; filaments white or purple. Stigmas 3, white. Capsule ellipsoid, c. = sepals, dehiscing by 3 valves. Seeds lenticular, black, smooth, shiny, 1.5-2 mm long.

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New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
New Zealand
Westland Land District

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24 June 2002
10 July 2023
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