Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Rosales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Argentina Hill
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Argentina anserinoides (Raoul) Holub
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Potentilla anserinoides Raoul, Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. sér. 3, 2: 123 (1844)
  • ≡ Potentilla anserina var. anserinoides (Raoul) Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 54 (1852)
 Description

Procumbent perennial arising from a stout stock, up to 10–(30) cm tall at flowering, stoloniferous;  stems brownish green, slender and hairy. Lvs in rosettes, basal or at nodes, up to 150–(350) mm long, imparipinnate;  leaflets in up to 7 pairs, with reduced leaflets between, elliptic to obovate or suborbicular, up to 20–(35) mm long, green above, silvery tomentose below, serrate.  Fls axillary, solitary, 5-merous. Epicalyx segments ± obovate, ± = sepals, deeply toothed.  Sepals tomentose.  Petals orbicular, up to 10 mm long, yellow.  Achenes smooth or very faintly rugose.

[From:  Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Sep.–Jan.; Fruiting: Oct.–Mar.

 Bibliography
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de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [as Potentilla anserinoides Raoul] [Not Threatened]
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