Aciphylla gracilis W.R.B.Oliv.

Species

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Characteristics

Small rather delicate plant with apparently us. simple crown. Lvs few, pinnate (2 pairs), up to ± 20 cm. long. Sheath c. 30 × 8 mm., ribbed and dilated in lower part, smooth and narrow in upper. Stipules 10-20 mm. long, acicular. Petioles 25-35 mm. long, smooth. Pinnae up to 45 × 3 mm., smooth, acicular, occ. bearing accessory pinnules. Stems of male plants slender, striate, up to 22c m. × 2 mm. (including infl.) Panicle open; bracts ± 8, distant, with thin sheaths c. 20-25 × 5-7 mm. Bract-stipules 5-6 mm. long, acicular. Laminae of lower bracts 3-5-foliolate, of upper l-foliolate. Umbels on long peduncles, bracteoles linear, exceeding rays. Plants with ♀ not seen.
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Distribution

Aciphylla gracilis world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:837214-1
WFO ID wfo-0000516632
COL ID 9C94
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Synonyms

Aciphylla gracilis Aciphylla montana var. gracilis