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Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.

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Viola cunninghamii Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 16 (1852)
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.
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Indigenous, non-endemic
Wild
New Zealand
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Allan, H.H. (1961)

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Hook.f.
Hooker, J.D. 1852–1853 ("1853"): The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror in the Years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part I. Flowering plants. Lovell Reeve, London.
1852
16
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Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
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Viola cunninghamii

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Plantae
Tracheophyta
Magnoliopsida
Malpighiales
Violaceae
Viola
cunninghamii

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Allan, H.H. 1961: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. I. Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones. Government Printer, Wellington.

Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.

Small glab. tufted herb up to 15 cm. tall, with deeply descending main root; stock short, often multicipital, sts woody. Lvs on slender, flattened, ± pilose petioles (5 mm.)-1-2-5-(10) cm. long. Stipules adnate at base, ovate-oblong, acuminate, entire, up to 1·5 cm. long. Lamina 1-3 × 1-2.5 cm., broad-ovate to deltoid, crenulate, cuneately narrowed to base or sts truncate. Fls 1-2 cm. diam., on very slender peduncles 5-10- (15) cm. long: bracts below or above middle, filiform to linear, 3-5 mm. long. Sepals narrow- to broad-oblong; petals white, streaked with lilac and yellow lines, lateral ± fimbriate. Capsule 7-10 mm. long; seeds pale, 1-1·5 mm. diam.
Dawson, M.I. 2008: Index of chromosome numbers of indigenous New Zealand vascular plants.

Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.

2n = 48
n = 24
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. 1988: Flora of New Zealand. Vol. IV. Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons. Botany Division DSIR, Christchurch.

Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.

Taprooted perennial; rootstock often multicipital; stems 0. Lvs all rosulate, glabrous or sparsely hairy on margins and veins, (0.5)-1-3 × (0.5)-1-2.5 cm, broadly ovate to deltoid, cuneate or truncate at base, obtuse, with (3)-5-10 very shallow crenations each side; stipules linear, entire or glandular-toothed, 5-(10) mm long; petiole glabrous to pilose, (1)-2-10-(25) cm long. Peduncles erect, glabrous to pilose; bracts short, linear, entire. Fls (0.5)-1-2 cm diam. Sepals lanceolate, acute, 3-5 mm long; appendages 0.5-0.8 mm long. Petals white with purple veins, > sepals, the lateral bearded; spur broad, slightly > sepal appendages. Style geniculate at base, 1.5-2 mm long; stigma subcapitate. Capsule ellipsoid, glabrous, 5-10 mm long. Seeds obovoid, dark olive-green, 1.5 mm long.

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Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Dawson, M.I. (2008)
Viola L.
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2013)
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R. et al. (2018)
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
Webb, C.J.; Sykes, W.R.; Garnock-Jones, P.J. (1988)
Viola cunninghamii var. gracilis Hook.f.
Viola cunninghamii var. gracilis Hook.f.
Allan, H.H. (1961)
Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.

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Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
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Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
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Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
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Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
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Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
New Zealand
Otago Land District
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Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
New Zealand
Southland Land District
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Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District
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Viola cunninghamii Hook.f.
New Zealand
Westland Land District
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f45e01f1-6354-4563-b62f-a28c599ab8eb
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1 January 2000
10 April 2007
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