Class
Order
Family
Deciduous trees. Lvs opposite, petiolate, simple; lamina large, ovate or shallowly 3-lobed, mostly entire but toothed in young plants. Infl. a large, terminal cymose panicle of many fls, produced before the lvs. Calyx deeply 5-lobed; lobes equal. Corolla tubular- or campanulate-funnelform, generally mauve; limb somewhat oblique, ± bilabiate with 5 subequal lobes. Stamens 4, included. Capsule ± ovoid, loculicidal; valves woody. Seeds numerous, fairly large, with surrounding broad wing.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Category | Number |
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Exotic: Fully Naturalised | 1 |
Exotic: Casual | 2 |
Total | 3 |