Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Rosales Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Rosaceae
Genus
Geum L.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Geum albiflorum (Hook.f.) Scheutz (1870)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Sieversia albiflora Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.) Part I, (1844)
  • ≡ Geum albiflorum (Hook.f.) Cheeseman, Subantarctic Is. N. Z. 403 (1909) nom. illeg.
  • ≡ Geum parviflorum var. albiflorum (Hook.f.) Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 366 (1961)
  • = Geum aucklandicum Greene (1825) pro parte
  • = Geum sericeum Kirk, Stud. Fl. New Zealand 128 (1899)
 Description

Achenes 2 mm. long, styles 1·5 mm. long. Plant up to 2.5 dm. tall, but us. much smaller. Lvs us. densely villous, but in larger specimens much less so; veins us. more prominent below than in the mainland form.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Geum parviflorum var. albiflorum (Hook.f.) Allan]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
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