Haloragis erecta

(Banks ex Murray) Oken

Allg. Naturgesch. 3: 1871. 1841.

Common names: Erect seaberry
Basionym: Cercodia erecta Banks ex Murray Commentat. Soc. Regiae Sci. Gott. 3: 3, plate 1. 1780
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 10.

A. E. Orchard (1975) recognized two subspecies of Haloragis erecta distinguished primarily on leaf characteristics. North American specimens have been called subsp. erecta, which has relatively thin, lanceo­late to ovate leaf-blades, and margins with 20–45 teeth. Subspecies cartilaginea (Cheeseman) Orchard known from the North Cape Peninsula of the North Island of New Zealand and has relatively thick, orbiculate to broadly ovate leaf-blades and margins with 10–15 teeth (Orchard).

Distribution

Introduced; California, Pacific Islands (New Zealand)

Discussion

Subspecies 2 (1 in the flora).

Selected References

None.

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Mitchell S. Alix +  and Robin W. Scribailo +
(Banks ex Murray) Oken +
Cercodia erecta +
unlobed +
foliagelike +
reduced +
opposite +  and paired +
Erect seaberry +
California +  and Pacific Islands (New Zealand) +
cylindric +
papillate +, tuberculate +, rugose +  and scabrous +
spongy +  and membranous +
silver-gray +  and dark green or red +
indehiscent +
4-lobed +  and 4-angled +
multiseriate +  and uniseriate +
distinguished +
perennial +
usually aquatic +  and semiaquatic +
indeterminate +  and determinate +
lateral +  and terminal +
4[-7]-flowered +, 3-flowered +  and compound +
orbiculate +  and broadly ovate +
thick +  and thin +
petiolate +  and homomorphic +
characteristic +
silver-gray +  and dark green or red +
indehiscent +
4-lobed +  and 4-angled +
crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
rudimentary +
cupulate +, cucullate +  and keeled +
4-carpellate +  and 3-carpellate +
Allg. Naturgesch. +
persistent +
rudimentary +
tuberculate +
prostrate +  and decumbent +
scabrous +  and sparsely pubescent +
cylindric +  and 4-ribbed +
fimbriate +  and clavate +
petiolate +  and sessile +
scabrous +  and glabrous +
smooth +  and rugose +
Haloragis erecta +
Haloragis +
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terminal +  and lateral +