- Taxon
- Weed
Habitat: bank, dry, hill, margin, open, pasture, riverbed, roadside, rock outcrop, shrubland, slope, stone
Dispersal: Seed, vegetative
Recognition
- a spreading and suckering shrub up to 4 m high, stems erect, and often forming thickets.
- its leaves have up to 10 pairs of leaflets, are yellowish green, and with toothed margins.
- its inflorescence is loose, drooping, and up to 50 cm long.
- its petals are 1.5-2.5 mm across, rounded, white or sometimes flushed pink.
- its fruit are 2.5-3 mm long and brown.
Images
References
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.
