Dracophyllum pubescens Cheeseman

Species

Angiosperms > Ericales > Ericaceae > Dracophyllum

Characteristics

Sprawling to prostrate; branches stout, us. rather close-set; branchlets with dark reddish brown bark. Lvs crowded towards tips of branchlets. Sheath 5-7 × 4-5 mm., slightly shouldered or gradually narrowed to lamina (25)-35-50-(60) × (3)-4-8 mm. Lamina concavo-convex, erect to patent, coriac., glaucous, amply pubescent when young, becoming almost glab.; apex acute to acuminate, pungent. Infl. of 3-5-fld racemes or spikes, or the fls occ. solitary, terminal on lateral branchlets. Bracts lflike, ovate, acuminate, ciliolate. Sepals ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acuminate, ± = corolla-tube 5-6 mm. long. Corolla-lobes white, triangular, acute. Capsule obovoid.
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Distribution

Dracophyllum pubescens world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:325064-1
WFO ID wfo-0000656464
COL ID 37KVT
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Synonyms

Dracophyllum pubescens