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Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Lepidium kirkii Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 22: 439 (1889 [1890])
Description
Perennial. Stems slender, prostrate, flexuous, branching, glabrous, 4–8–(10) cm long. Lvs entire, glabrous or with a few hairs on margin. Basal lvs linear-spathulate, 0.5–2–(3) × 0.3–0.6 cm, with persistent broad sheathing scarious bases. Stem lvs linear-oblanceolate, 1–3 × 0.3–0.5 mm. Racemes flexuous, 1–3 cm long; pedicels spreading, 1–2 mm long at fruiting. Sepals 0.5–1 × 0.3–0.8 mm. Petals white, narrow-spathulate, = sepals or 0. Stamens 4. Silicle ovate, 1.5–2 × 1–1.5 mm; style 0.1 mm long, free from the very narrow wing, = or slightly exceeding the very shallow notch; valves glabrous. Seeds ovoid, pale brown, not winged, c. 1.5 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Phenology
Flowering: Nov.–Feb.; Fruiting: Nov.–Feb.
Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Hitchmough, R.; Townsend, A.J. 2009: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand (2008 revision). New Zealand Journal of Botany 47: 61–96. [Nationally Critical]
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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. [Nationally Critical]
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Petrie, D. 1890 ("1889"): Descriptions of New Native Plants. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 22: 439–443.
