Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Lamiales Bromhead
Family
Phrymaceae
Genus
Glossostigma Wight & Arn.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Glossostigma diandrum (L.) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2, 461 (1891)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Limosella diandrum L., Mant. Pl. 252 (1767)
  • = Glossostigma submersum Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 23: 401 (1890 [1891])
 Description

Minute herb forming small rather dense patches. Stems almost filiform, ± imbricate, creeping, rooting at nodes. Lvs (2)–4–6 mm. long, linear to linear-spathulate, opp. or sts fascicled, entire, glab., petiole ± = lamina. Fls c. 1·5 mm. diam., peduncles ± = lvs, axillary. Calyx obtusely 3-lobed; corolla hardly > calyx, lobes blunt. Stamens 2, enclosed in corolla. Capsule globose, not > calyx, c. 1·5–1·75 mm. diam.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Glossostigma submersum Petrie]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
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