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- = Gaultheria antipoda var. depressa Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 161 (1853)
Mat-forming shrublet, usually < 10 cm tall; stems much-branched, ± interlacing, creeping and rooting; branchlets ± setose. Lvs alternate; petioles very short. Lamina usually 3–12 × 3–9 mm, elliptic, broadly elliptic to orbicular (the different forms sometimes all present on one plant), coriaceous; margins crenate to crenulate, sometimes entire, setose or glabrous; base cuneate to rounded; apex rounded, mucronulate or ± acute. Fls solitary in axils of uppermost lvs, subsessile; bracteoles 1–1.5 mm long, very broadly ovate. Calyx lobes 1.5–2 mm long, ovate-triangular, acute or subacute. Corolla ± urceolate; tube 1.5–2 mm long; lobes ± ovate, obtuse. Fr. 8–12 mm diam.; fruiting calyx fleshy, white, pink or red.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Category | Number |
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Indigenous (Endemic) | 1 |
Indigenous (Non-endemic) | 1 |
Total | 2 |
Flowering: Nov.–Feb.