Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Apiales Nakai
Family
Umbelliferae
Genus
Chaerophyllum L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Chaerophyllum colensoi (Hook.f.) K.F.Chung, Syst. Bot. 32: 678 (2007) var. colensoi
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Oreomyrrhis colensoi Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 92 (1853) var. colensoi
 Description

Tufted, sts rhizomatous, herb up to c. 3 dm. tall, us. shorter, glab. to densely hairy. Lvs ∞, narrow-oblong in outline, on petioles c. 3 cm. long, sheathing at base. Lflts opp., upper ones rather close-set, ± (4)–5–6 × 5–8 mm., flabellate to broad oblong-ovate, truncate at base; teeth ∞, ± 1 mm. long, rounded triangular, acute. Peduncles slender to rather stout, up to ± 10 cm. long, ± clad in retrorse to patent hairs. Involucral bracts (5)–8–(10), ovate-oblong, up to ± 5 mm. long. Fls subsessile; rays elongating to ± 5 mm. in fr. Fr. glab., narrow-ovate in outline, c. 4 mm. long.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Oreomyrrhis colensoi Hook.f. var. colensoi]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
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