Mazus radicans (Hook.F.) Cheeseman

Species

Angiosperms > Lamiales > Mazaceae > Mazus

Characteristics

Stem creeping, rooting at nodes, rather stout, sts below ground, emitting lfy ± erect branches 2-5 cm. tall. Lvs 2-5 cm. long including petiole, close-set, hairy to glab., obovate to narrow-obovate, obtuse, gradually narrowed to petiole, entire or obscurely sinuate. Peduncles 1-3-fld, erect, glab. to pilose; bracts 1-2, linear-subulate. Calyx campanulate, laxly clad in white spreading hairs, not angled. Corolla-tube ± 1 cm. long; limb ± 1 cm. long, white with yellow throat; upper lip erect; lower larger, spreading. Stamens 4; 2 lower = corolla-tube, 2 upper shorter. Style 2-lobed. Capsule 8-9 mm. long, ovoid, enclosed in persistent calyx.
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Hardiness (USDA) 8-10

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Images

Mazus radicans unspecified picture

Distribution

Mazus radicans world distribution map, present in New Zealand

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:805569-1
WFO ID wfo-0000451479
COL ID 6QWKT
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Wikipedia (EN) Link
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Synonyms

Ourisia montana Mimulus radicans Mazus radicans