Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Apiales Nakai
Family
Araliaceae
Genus
Hydrocotyle L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae var. involucrata (Colenso) Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 450 (1961)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Hydrocotyle involucrata Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 19: 262 (1886 [1887])
 Description

Lvs on slender rather densely retrorsely hairy petioles ± 5–7–10 cm. long. Lamina 2–3 cm. diam.; basal sinus broad, giving a cordate base to lamina. Peduncles 1–2–(3) cm. long. Umbels 8–14-fld; involucre of ± 10 bracts, outer ovate and minutely toothed, inner narrow-oblong and entire. Frs 2–2.5 mm. diam., glab., flattish, light brown, forming heads up to 7 mm. diam. Mericarps with obtuse dorsal margin and obscure rib.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
Colenso, W. 1887: A description of some newly-discovered and rare indigenous phænogamic plants, being a further contribution towards making known the Botany of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 19: 259–271.