Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Apiales Nakai
Family
Umbelliferae
Genus
Scandia J.W.Dawson
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Scandia rosifolia (Hook.f.) J.W.Dawson, New Zealand J. Bot. 5: 410 (1967) – as rosaefolia
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Angelica rosaefolia Hook., Icon. Pl. 6, t. 581 (1843)
  • ≡ Anisotome rosaefolia (Hook.) Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 90 (1853)
  • ≡ Gingidium rosaefolium (Hook.) J.W.Dawson (1961)
Vernacular Name(s):
Kohepiro; Koheriki; Kūmarahou; Native angelica
 Description

Perennial herb or subshrub with much-branched stems, woody towards base, up to c. 1 m. tall, us. shorter, arising from stout stock, often scrambling. Lvs cauline, pinnate, alt., on slender petioles with broad membr. 2-lobed sheathing bases. Lflts 2–5 pairs, 2.5–6·5 × (1)–3 cm., subcoriac., sessile, ± obliquely ovate to ovate-lanceolate, acute to acuminate, furnished with a minute pair of stipules; margins finely serrate. Umbels us. ∞, compound, axillary and terminal, up to ± 8 cm. diam. on slender peduncles up to c. 3 cm. long. Primary rays ∞, slender, up to c. 2 cm. long; secondary very short, umbellules densely fld. Calyx-teeth narrow-triangular; petals white. Fr. ovate-cordate in outline, ± 3–(4) mm. long; mericarps with 2 broad lateral wings, dorsal ribs prominent. Vittae 1 per furrow, 2 on commissural face.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1 as Angelica rosaefolia Hook.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Endemic)
 Bibliography
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