Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Gentiana montana var. stolonifera Cheeseman

Var. stolonifera Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 1906, 451.

Type locality: Mount Frederic, near Westport. Type: A, 7206, W. Townson.

Plant less stout; stems emitting long stolons or prostrate branches up to ± 20 cm. long. Basal lvs 25-50-(75) ×10-15-(20) mm., obovate-spathulate, rather thin, main veins distinct, tapering to narrow petiole. Cauline lvs and those of stolons similar, in rather distant pairs of somewhat diverse form, broad-obovate, broad-elliptic, spathulate, ± 10-15 × 10 mm. Fls 12-20 mm. diam., with purplish stripes.

DIST.: S. Mounts Frederic and Rochfort.

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