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Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Hydrocotyle sulcata C.J.Webb & P.N.Johnson
Description
Usually glabrous perennial, forming small to large patches; stems slender. Lvs 3-foliolate; leaflets sessile, glossy green or bronze-tinged, usually glabrous, very rarely with a few scattered hairs, broadly obovate-cuneate, (1)–3–6–(8) mm long, with 1–3 lobes and each lobe with 1–4 shallow crenate teeth; leaflets produced early in the growing season and leaflets of reduced plants often entire or with 2–3 shallow crenate teeth; petiole usually glabrous, very rarely with a few retrorse hairs near blade. Umbels simple, (1)–2–7-flowered; peduncles ± = lvs. Fls shortly pedicellate. Fr. glabrous, (1.5)–2–2.5 × (1)–1.2–1.8 mm, rounded on dorsal edge; ribs slightly engraved into surface of mature fr.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
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]
Webb, C.J.; Johnson, P. N. 1982: Hydrocotyle (Umbelliferae) in New Zealand: the 3-foliate species. New Zealand Journal of Botany 20: 163–168.
