Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Hydrocotyle dissecta Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 84 (1853)
Description
Perennial, forming large patches; stems slender. Lvs simple, dull green, densely hairy above and below, (5)–10–20–(35) mm diam., deeply divided to 1/2–4/5 of radius into 5–7 segments; segments narrow, oblong to obovate, each again usually 3-lobed and serrate; teeth sometimes with short, inconspicuous hair tips; margins flat; petiole densely hairy. Umbels simple, with numerous fls; peduncles ± = lvs. Fls sessile or shortly pedicellate. Fr. glabrous, 1.5–1.8 × 1–1.2 mm, acute on dorsal edge; ribs raised, slender.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Phenology
Flowering: Nov.–Feb.; Fruiting: Jan.–Mar.
Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
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.
