- Taxon
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- ≡ Andromeda rupestris L.f. (1781)
- ≡ Brossaea rupestris (L.f.) Kuntze (1891)
- = Gaultheria rupestris var. lanceolata Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl. 407 (1906)
Shrub to c. 1 m high; branchlets with sparse to rather dense setose hairs. Lvs alternate; petioles stout, to c. 3 mm long. Lamina (6)–20–45–(57) × (3)–6–20–(25) mm, elliptic, elliptic-oblong, or lanceolate-oblong (several forms on 1 plant; young plants often with larger lvs), ± coriaceous but not thick; margins finely or sometimes rather coarsely serrate; base usually cuneate, sometimes almost rounded; apex acute. Fls in terminal and subterminal racemes or panicles to c. 8 cm long; axis ± hairy; pedicels 3–5 mm long, usually puberulent, sometimes glabrous; bracteoles c. 2 mm long, broad-ovate. Calyx lobes c. 2 mm long, ovate-triangular, usually acute or apiculate, sometimes obtuse. Corolla urceolate; tube c. 3 mm long; lobes broadly ovate, c. 1 mm long. Capsule c. 3–4 mm diam., invested by dry calyx.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Category | Number |
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Indigenous (Endemic) | 2 |
Total | 2 |
Flowering: Nov.–Feb.