Class
Family
Annual to perennial herbs, shrubs or trees. Lvs lobed or not, usually toothed. Fls axillary and solitary, or in axillary or terminal infls; epicalyx segments 6–13, free or united; calyx evenly 5-toothed; petals spreading, usually obtuse. Style branches as many as loculi, dilated to capitate stigma. Fr. a 5-celled capsule; cells 3- or more seeded, dehiscent, not separating from axis at maturity.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Category | Number |
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Indigenous (Non-endemic) | 2 |
Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
Exotic: Casual | 3 |
Total | 6 |