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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae var. montana Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 189 (1899)
Description
Rhizome ± 2–4-mm. diam., pale tough, branching. Lvs on petioles 1–4 cm. long, sparingly retrorsely hairy on upper half. Lamina glab. or very nearly so, coriac., suborbicular, 4–5–10–(15) mm. diam.; lobes rounded, crenulate, very shallow to rather deep; sinus very narrowed to closed. Peduncles ± pilose, up to c. 2 cm. long. Frs very slightly compressed, dull brown, ± 2 mm. diam., forming heads ± 4 mm. diam. Mericarps with thin obtuse margins; groove obscure.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
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]
Kirk,T. 1899: The Students' Flora of New Zealand and the Outlying Islands. Government Printer, Wellington, N.Z.
