Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Lamiales Bromhead
Family
Phrymaceae
Genus
Glossostigma Wight & Arn.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Glossostigma elatinoides Benth. ex Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part II, 189 (1854)
Synonymy:
  • = Tricholoma elatinoides Benth. in de Candolle, Prodr. 10 502 (1846)
 Description

Stems branching, slightly stouter than in G. submersum, forming masses up to ± 15 cm. diam., branches ± ascending at tips. Lvs opp., petioled, 3–7 mm. long, narrow-spathulate to narrow-obovate, obtuse, entire, membr., gradually narrowed into petiole ± = lamina, often elongating at fruiting period. Fls c. 2.5–3·5 mm. diam.; calyx subcampanulate, obtusely (3)–4-lobed. Corolla very small, white, pilose to very nearly glab., margins ± ciliate; upper lip 2-lobed, lower (slightly larger) 3-lobed. Stamens 4, not exserted. Stigma large, spathulate, irritable. Capsule small, ovoid-globose.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
 Phenology

Fruiting: Oct.–Mar.

 Bibliography
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