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Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Mentha cunninghamii Benth. in de Candolle, Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 12, 174 (1884)
Vernacular Name(s):
Hīoi; Moki; mokimoki; New Zealand mint
Description
Gynodioecious perennial; stems ± creeping, very slender, branched, puberulent, especially on angles. Lvs sessile or with short hairy petioles to 4 mm long. Lamina 2–15 × 2–15 mm, broad-ovate to suborbicular, not rugose, entire or shallowly crenate, dotted with glands and usually glabrous except for nerves on lower surface; base broad-cuneate or truncate; apex rounded. Fls axillary, in clusters of 1–2–(3); pedicels prominent, puberulent. Calyx 3–4 mm long, narrow-campanulate, densely hairy and with glandular dots; teeth triangular, ciliate, much < tube, acute. Corolla c. 6 mm long, white, glabrous; tube not exserted; lobes subequal; uppermost lobe ± 2-fid. Stamens ± exserted. Nutlets 1–1.3 mm long, ± broad-ellipsoid, slightly angled, smooth.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Phenology
Flowering: Nov.–Apr.
Bibliography
de Candolle, A.P. 1884: Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis. Vol. 12. Treuttel et Würtz, Paris.
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. [Declining]
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. [Declining]
