Class
Order
Family
Genus
Classification
Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Gratiola sexdentata R.Cunn. ex A.Cunn.
Synonymy:
- = Gratiola glandulifera Colenso, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 17: 245 (1884 [1885])
Description
Small glab. or slightly viscid-pubescent herb with stems ascending to erect from prostrate base, rather stout, laxly branched, up to 3 dm. tall; branches ascending to erect. Lvs sessile or subsessile, opp., ovate to lanceolate to suboblong, occ. linear-lanceolate, 6–10–(20) × 4–6–(10) mm., entire or with rather distant triangular teeth. Fls axillary on slender peduncles up to 10 mm. long. Calyx-lobes narrow-lanceolate, ± attenuate, obtuse, to narrow ovate-lanceolate, ± 5 mm. long. Corolla 10–12 mm. long, white to yellowish with yellow throat, lips < tube. Anthers connivent, cells parallel, transverse; staminodes filiform. Capsule ± ovoid-globose, c. 5 mm. long, thin-walled.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Phenology
Fruiting: Oct.–Apr.
Bibliography
Colenso, W. 1885 ("1884"): A description of some newly-discovered and rare indigenous plants; being a further contribution towards the making known the botany of New Zealand. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 17: 237–265.
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]
