Dracophyllum prostratum Kirk

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Dracophyllum

Characteristics

Stems rather stout, creeping, up to ± 3 dm. long, bark blackish brown; branchlets ± flexible, up to ± 4 cm. × 5 mm. including lvs. Lvs glab., coriac., densely imbricate, ascending, persistent, us. clothing branchlet almost throughout. Sheath c. 2-3 mm. long, broad, thin-margined, gradually narrowing into ovate-subulate to narrow-subulate lamina (3)-5-6 × 1·5-2.5m.; apex obtuse, margins minutely serrulate. Fls solitary, terminal, c. 4 mm. long; sepals ovate-oblong, obtuse to subacute, slightly < corolla-tube. Corolla-tube 3-4 mm. long, cylindric; lobes broadly ovate-oblong, spreading, obtuse, c. 1·5 mm. long.
Life form perennial
Growth form shrub
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Foliage retention evergreen
Sexuality hermaphrodite
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Photosynthetic pathway c3

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Distribution

Dracophyllum prostratum world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:325063-1
WFO ID wfo-0000656463
COL ID 37KVS
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Synonyms

Dracophyllum prostratum