Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Lamiales Bromhead
Family
Scrophulariaceae Juss.
Genus
Limosella L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Limosella lineata Glück (1933)
Synonymy:
  • = Limosella tenuifolia J.P.Wolff ex Hoffm.
  • ≡ Limosella aquatica var. tenuifolia (J.P.Wolff ex Hoffm.) Hook.f.
  • = Limosella ciliata Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 21: 96 (1888 [1889])
  • = Limosella lineata var. spathulata Glück (1933)
Vernacular Name(s):
Mudwort
 Description

Lvs linear-cylindric in close- to rather wide-set clusters of 5–10, of diverse length according to habitat; in damp ground (5)–10–15 mm., in mud (5)–10–20 mm., in water (10)–20–60 mm. Fls in clusters of 3–8, (2)–5–(10) mm. long, on stalks c. 5–10 mm. long. Calyx unequally 5-toothed, corolla-lobes up to twice as long as broad. Style c. 1·5–2 × ovary-length. Fr. subglobose, up to 2 mm. diam. Seeds minute.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
 Phenology

Fruiting: Oct.–Mar.

 Bibliography
Colenso, W. 1889: A description of some newly-discovered Phænogamic plants; being a further contribution towards the making known the botany of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 21: 80–108.
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. [Not Threatened]
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. [Not Threatened]