Class
Family
Small evergreen shrubs or shrublets. Lvs alternate, shortly petiolate, whitish tomentose below, entire. Fls pedicellate in terminal, bracteate, glandular racemes. Calyx 4-lobed almost to base, persistent. Corolla urceolate, deciduous, with 4 very short revolute lobes. Stamens usually 8, included; anthers awnless, dehiscing by apical pores. Capsule 4-valved, septicidal. Seeds numerous, rather warty.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Category | Number |
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Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
Total | 1 |