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Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Mazus radicans (Hook.f.) Cheeseman
Description
Stem creeping, rooting at nodes, rather stout, sts below ground, emitting lfy ± erect branches 2–5 cm. tall. Lvs 2–5 cm. long including petiole, close-set, hairy to glab., obovate to narrow-obovate, obtuse, gradually narrowed to petiole, entire or obscurely sinuate. Peduncles 1–3-fld, erect, glab. to pilose; bracts 1–2, linear-subulate. Calyx campanulate, laxly clad in white spreading hairs, not angled. Corolla-tube ± 1 cm. long; limb ± 1 cm. long, white with yellow throat; upper lip erect; lower larger, spreading. Stamens 4; 2 lower = corolla-tube, 2 upper shorter. Style 2-lobed. Capsule 8–9 mm. long, ovoid, enclosed in persistent calyx.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
Phenology
Fruiting: Nov.–Mar.
Bibliography
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]
