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Order
Family
Classification
Subordinate Taxa
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Phygelius E.Mey. ex Benth., Companion Bot. Mag. 53 (1836)
Vernacular Name(s):
Cape figwort
Description
Small shrubs. Lvs simple, opposite, occasionally the upper alternate, crenulate-serrulate. Infl. a terminal, secund, cymose, bracteate, open panicle; fls pedicellate, bracteolate. Calyx much < corolla tube, with 5 equal lobes. Corolla tube narrowly trumpet-shaped, curved or nearly straight, sometimes ± gibbous at base, with 5 subequal lobes, glandular on inner face. Stamens 4, exserted, sometimes a staminode also present. Capsule septicidal, ovoid, ± oblique. Seeds finely reticulate, numerous, small; apex bluntly angled; wing 0.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Exotic
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Bibliography
Bentham, G. 1836: Observations on some new, or little known genera and species of Scrophulariaceae. Companion to the Botanical Magazine (2): 53–60.
Bryant, G. 1996: Rare and Unusual Plants for New Zealand Gardens. David Bateman, Auckland.
Mabberley, D.J. 2008: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 3. Cambridge University Press.
