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Family
Classification
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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Navarretia Ruiz & Pav., Fl. Peruv. Prodr. 20 (1794)
Description
Annuals, mostly with rigid ± erect stems, mostly branched. Lvs alternate, entire or 1–2-pinnate, sometimes palmately lobed. Infl. a dense bracteate head. Bracts leafy, often coriaceous, pungent or spiny. Fls 4–5-merous, sessile or subsessile. Calyx divided almost to base into ± unequal entire or toothed segments; segments united by a scarious membrane in their lower part, accrescent and ruptured by fr. at maturity. Corolla ± funnelform; lobes usually narrow- to broad-oblong. Stamens equally or unequally inserted in throat or in sinuses of corolla lobes, exserted or included. Style included or exserted; stigma entire or 2–3-lobed. Capsule ovoid to obovoid, ± lobed, 1–3-locular. Seeds 1–8 in each loculus, often angled and minutely pitted.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
Ruiz, H.; Pavon, J.A. 1794: Flora Peruvianae, et Chilensis Prodromus.
