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HERB. HORT. EDINB.
New Zealand: Slopes below The Remarkables
Mountain Range Skifield. Tussock grassland.
SSO em.
SKEET 2 me
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RBGE New Zealand Australia Expedition s
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Umbelliferae a
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Aciphylla aurea W.R.B.Oliv. a rn
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45°1'39"S, 168°47'S9"E
Variable perennial herb forming domed
rosette to 80cm across, often solitary but
also in clumps with up to 7 flowering stems.
Stipules long, but sometimes shorter in
other specimens. Infructescence to 1.5m,
usually narrowly conic, but sometimes broad
at the base. Differences between this plant
and Aciphylla horrida were difficult to
distinguish in the field (hybridisation?) ,
This specimen more typical of A. aurea
with long stipules. Sap milky.
ENZAT No. 512
| a . 22 Feb
ROYAL BOTANIC GARDEN ey), pie
EDINBURGH
WML N M.Rixon, P.Thomas, V.Tregidda, M.F Watso
) 981 ' : Is
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