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Volume I (1961) - Flora of New Zealand Indigenous Tracheophyta - Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledons
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Hydrocotyle novae-zeelandiae var. montana Kirk

Var. montana Kirk Stud. Fl. 1899, 189.

Type locality: Upper Waimakariri R. Type: W, T. K.

Rhizome ± 2-4-mm. diam., pale tough, branching. Lvs on petioles 1-4 cm. long, sparingly retrorsely hairy on upper half. Lamina glab. or very nearly so, coriac., suborbicular, 4-5-10-(15) mm. diam.; lobes rounded, crenulate, very shallow to rather deep; sinus very narrowed to closed. Peduncles ± pilose, up to c. 2 cm. long. Frs very slightly compressed, dull brown, ± 2 mm. diam., forming heads ± 4 mm. diam. Mericarps with thin obtuse margins; groove obscure.

DIST.: S. Lowland to subalpine grassland, herbfield and open places from c. lat. 42º southwards; common marginal to the southern lakes.

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