Subordinate Taxa
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Holosteum L., Sp. Pl. 88 (1753)
 Description

Annual rosette herbs. Hairs glandular, or 0. Lvs opposite, exstipulate. Infl. a few-flowered terminal umbel; bracts leaflike with scarious margins; epicalyx 0. Sepals 5, free. Petals 5, white, irregularly toothed; coronal scales 0. Stamens 3–10. Styles 3–(5). Fr. a narrow-ovoid to cylindric capsule, dehiscing by twice as many teeth as the styles, sessile. Seeds many, flattened, papillate, stalked on 1 face, not winged.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Exotic
Number of species in New Zealand within Holosteum L.
CategoryNumber
Exotic: Fully Naturalised1
Total1
 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.