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Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Potentilla anserinoides Raoul, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 2: 123 (1844)
Vernacular Name(s):
Kōhai; Kōwhai; Kōwhaikura; Silverweed
Description
Procumbent perennial arising from a stout stock, up to 10–(30) cm tall at flowering, stoloniferous; stems brownish green, slender and hairy. Lvs in rosettes, basal or at nodes, up to 150–(350) mm long, imparipinnate; leaflets in up to 7 pairs, with reduced leaflets between, elliptic to obovate or suborbicular, up to 20–(35) mm long, green above, silvery tomentose below, serrate. Fls axillary, solitary, 5-merous. Epicalyx segments ± obovate, ± = sepals, deeply toothed. Sepals tomentose. Petals orbicular, up to 10 mm long, yellow. Achenes smooth or very faintly rugose.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Phenology
Flowering: Sep.–Jan.; Fruiting: Oct.–Mar.
Bibliography
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]
Mabberley, D.J. 2017: Mabberley's plant book, a portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses. Edition 4. Cambridge University Press.
Raoul, E. 1844: Choix de plantes de la Nouvelle-Zélande. Recueillies et décrites par M.E. Raoul. Annales des Sciences Naturelles; Botanique sér. 3, 2: 113–123.
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