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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Var. angustifolia

Var. angustifolia Martin in T.R.S.N.Z. 65, 1935, 184.

Type locality: St. Arnaud Range. Type: BD 50037, W. Martin.

Similar in habit to var. spectabilis but smaller in all parts. Lamina linear to narrow-oblong, slightly less coriac., acute, sts apiculate, ± 8-15 cm. × 3-5 mm., tomentum as in var. spectabilis; sheath ± 4 cm. × 5-8 mm. Scape c. 10 cm. long, capitula c. 3 cm. diam.

DIST.: S. Montane to subalpine grassland to fellfield on mountains of Marlborough and N.W. Nelson.

A compound var. with forms of diverse lamina-length, connected with var. spectabilis by intermediate forms probably of hybrid origin, but often in pure populations in N.W. Nelson.

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