Flora of New Zealand Series

L. lessonianum A. Rich. Essai Fl. N.Z. 1832, 59.

L. distans Col. in T.N.Z.I. 20, 1888, 236.

Main stem creeping, branched, up to 2 m. long, but us. less. Aerial branches freely branching, rigid, erect or ascending, up to 3 dm. long, sometimes lianoid, branchlets ± flattened. Lvs of main stems multifarious, of branches dimorphic. Dorsal lvs flattened, subdistichous, c. 3 mm. long, ascending, long-decurrent, lanceolate to narrow-ovate, acute to acuminate, subfalcate; other lvs smaller, subulate-lanceolate, appressed. Strobili solitary, terminal, 2.5-5 cm. long, ± stalked. Sporophylls closely imbricate, broadly ovate, narrowed to long, acute, spreading to recurved tips, margins ± toothed.

DIST.: N., S., St., A., C. From lat. 38º southwards in open country, lowland and montane, rather local. Victoria, Tasmania.