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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Australina pusilla (Poir.) Gaudich. (1852)
Synonymy:
- ≡ Urtica pusilla Poir. (1816)
- = Australina novae-zelandiae Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part II, 226 (1854)
- = Australina hispidula Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 18: 266 (1885 [1886])
- = Australina septemdentata Gand., 66: 288 (1920)
Description
Stems slender, ± pubescent, branching, creeping and rooting, forming matted patches up to 6 dm. across. Lvs 10–15 × 10–15 mm., on almost filiform petioles up to 1·5 cm. long, often with accessory small lvs; lamina suborbicular, bluntly crenate, with cuneate to truncate base, asperous on both surfaces. Stipules minute, narrow-subulate. ♂ us. 2 at apex of common peduncle; per. subcampanulate, obscurely 2-lobed, pilose. ♀ solitary or 2–3 together; bracteoles minute or absent; per. subcompressed, hispidulous, tube inflated, mouth minute; stigma filiform, pubescent. Achene erect, brown, invested by persistent per.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
| Category | Number |
|---|---|
| Indigenous (Non-endemic) | 1 |
| Total | 1 |
Phenology
Flowering: Oct.–Jan.; Fruiting: Oct.–Jan.
Bibliography
Colenso, W. 1886 ("1885"): A description of some newly-discovered and rare indigenous plants: being a further contribution towards the making known the botany of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 18: 256–287.
Friis, I.; Wilmot-Dear, C.M. 1988: A revision of the tribe Forsskaoleae (Urticaceae). Nordic Journal of Botany 8(1): 25–59.
Gandoger, M. 1920: Sertum Plantarum Novarum. Pars Secunda; (Suite). Bull.Soc.Bot.France 66: 286–307.
Hooker, J.D. 1854–1855: The Botany of the Antarctic Voyage of H.M. Discovery Ships Erebus and Terror, in the years 1839–1843, under the command of Captain Sir James Clark Ross. II. Flora Novae-Zelandiae. Part II. Flowerless plants. Lovell Reeve, London.
