Class
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Sebaea ovata (Labill.) R.Br.
Description
Stems simple or sparingly branched, 4-angled, up to ± 25 cm. tall. Lvs rather sparse, in opp. pairs, sessile, 6·5–15 × 5–10 mm., ovate to broad-ovate or suborbicular, obtuse or subacute. Fls c. 6·5 mm. long, in terminal dichotomous cyme; calyx-lobes 5, narrowly ovate-lanceolate, acute, with rigid narrowly winged keel. Corolla-tube c. 4 mm. long, straight; lobes 5, pale yellow, c. 3 mm. long, twisted after anthesis. Anthers narrow-oblong, gland-tipped, on very short filaments. Style short, stigma ± 0.75 mm. long. Capsule ovoid-ellipsoid, c. 5 mm. long.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
Phenology
Flowering: Dec.–Jan.; Fruiting: Dec.–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]
de Lange, P.J.; Norton, D.A.; Heenan, P.B.; Courtney, S.P.; Molloy, B.P.J.; Ogle, C.C.; Rance, B.D. 2004: Threatened and uncommon plants of New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Botany 42(1): 45–76.
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]
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. [Nationally Critical]
