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Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser

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Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser, Enum. Pl. [Besser] 27 (1822)
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser

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Indigenous, non-endemic
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New Zealand
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(L.) Besser
L.
Besser
1822
27
ICN
species
Rorippa palustris

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palustris

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Annual erect or spreading ± pilose herb up to 30 cm. tall, with rather stout taproot; main stem and branches ± quadrangular in section; branches at very wide angle to stem, terminating in lax racemes. Basal lvs up to 10 cm. long, on petioles ± 1 cm. long, ± ovate-oblong in outline, sublyrately pinnate to pinnatisect. Pinnae up to 1·5 cm. long, coarsely dentate-serrate; terminal lflts up to 2.5 cm. long, ovate to narrow- ovate, acute to acuminate; lowest lflts minute. Cauline lvs similar, smaller, us. ∞.Racemes up to 5 cm. long at anthesis, elongating to ± 10 cm. in fr. Fls small, rather distant, subopp. to alt. on slender sub- patent petioles ± 5 mm. long. Sepals 1·5-2 mm. long; petals obovate- spathulate, 1·5-2 mm. long. Median honey glands developed. Siliques or silicles ellipsoid, ± 5-7 × 2 mm.; valves convex; styles stiff, hardly 1 mm. long, stigma hardly wider. Seeds many, ± oval in outline, very finely papillose, c. 0·5 mm. diam., reddish brown.

Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser

Perennial, rarely annual, taprooted herb. Stems erect, rarely decumbent, glabrous or hairy, (3)-20-40-(100) cm tall. Lvs glabrous or hairy; margins toothed. Rosette lvs petiolate, auriculate at base, deeply pinnatifid to pinnate, (2)-4-7-(10) × 1-3 cm. Stem lvs similar to rosette lvs, auriculate at base, becoming smaller with narrower lobes above, the uppermost sometimes simple. Pedicels glabrous or sparsely hispid, erecto-patent at flowering, spreading at fruiting, (2)-4-7 mm long. Sepals 1.5-2-(2.5) mm long. Petals yellow, = sepals. Silicle glabrous, oblong to elliptic, curved, (2)-4-7 × 2-3 mm; valves not veined; style 0.5-1 mm long. Seeds pale brown, c. 0.8 mm long, finely colliculate, in 2 rows per locule.

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Nasturtium palustre DC.
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
Nasturtium sylvestre A.Rich.
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
Rorippa islandica (Oeder) Borbás
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
Sisymbrium islandicum Oeder
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser

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New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
New Zealand
Southland Land District
New Zealand
Westland Land District
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
Germany
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
New Zealand
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
New Zealand
Nelson Land District
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
New Zealand
Southland Land District
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
New Zealand
Taranaki Land District
Rorippa palustris (L.) Besser
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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1 January 2000
6 April 2016
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