Volume IV (1988) - Flora of New Zealand Naturalised Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms, Dicotyledons
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Aegopodium L.

AEGOPODIUM L.

Glabrous rhizomatous perennial herbs. Lvs 1-2-ternate; segments broad, serrate. Umbels compound, pedunculate; bracts and bracteoles 0. Petals white or tinged pink, somewhat irregular, with apex deeply notched and inflexed; calyx teeth small or 0. Fr. ovoid, slightly flattened laterally, not beaked, spineless; commissure narrow; ribs 5 per mericarp, equal, slender; vittae 0 in ripe mericarps.

7 spp., Europe to temperate Asia. Naturalised sp. 1.

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