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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Hesperis L., Sp. Pl. 663-664 (1753)
Description
Biennial to perennial taprooted herbs. Hairs simple, branched and/or glandular. Stems erect, leafy. Lvs simple, toothed or pinnatifid. Racemes ebracteate, sometimes bracteate below. Sepals erect, the inner saccate. Petals yellow, purple, pink or white. Stamens 6; filaments of inner 4 slightly winged. Lateral nectaries 4, ± joined inside bases of lateral stamens; median nectaries 0. Style short; stigma deeply 2-lobed, with lobes erect, not appendaged at back. Silique linear-cylindric or somewhat 4-angled, dehiscent; valves with distinct median and lateral veins; beak 0. Seeds oblong, not winged, in 1 row per locule.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Linnaeus, C. 1753: Species Plantarum. Impensis Laurentii Salvii, Stockholm.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
