Scrambling or climbing annual herb. Lvs distant; lamina dissected, pale green, up to 10 × 7 cm; segments narrow-oblong or narrow-cuneiform. Infl. dense, with up to 20 fls; rachis < peduncle. Peduncle 2–6–(8) cm long; bracts linear, acute, < pedicels, c. 2 × 0.5 mm; pedicels recurved in late flowering and fruiting, 4–6 mm long. Sepals ovate, dentate, subacute, (3)–4–6 × (1.5)–2–3 mm. Corolla creamy white with blackish red wings and tips, suffused with pink after pollination, 9–11 mm long; lower petal with erect margins. Fr. globose to obovoid, smooth, obscurely keeled, c. 2 × 2 mm; apex obtuse; apical pits small.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Category | Number |
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Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
Total | 1 |
Flowering: Jun.–Jan.; Fruiting: Jun.–Jan.