Patersonia lowii

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Patersonia lowii

Description

Tufted herb, 15-60 cm high. Leaves basal to subbasal, flat to ± biconvex, 5-60 cm by 3-6 mm, reddish or rarely whitish tomentellous to glab-rescent along the margins towards the top, ± glaucous. Inflorescences equalling the leaves or nearly so; Flowers bluish to pale mauve or purple, sometimes whitish; Ovary c. 5 mm long. Capsules 2-3 cm long; Seeds c. 2 mm, black.

Distribution

Arfak Mts present, Asia-Tropical: Borneo present; New Guinea present; Philippines (Philippines present); Sumatera (Sumatera present), Central to Milne Bay Districts present, Gajolands present, Kalabit Highlands present, Mamberamo River present, Mindoro present, Mt Losir present, Mts Kinabalu and Murud present, Tamrau Range present
Malesia: Sumatra (Gajolands: Mt Losir), Borneo (Mts Kinabalu and Murud, Kalabit Highlands), Philippines (Mindoro), New Guinea (Tamrau Range, Arfak Mts, Mamberamo River, Central to Milne Bay Districts). .

Notes

The sizes of the tepals and of the seeds have been taken from the original descriptions of the synonymous taxa.
A variable species concerning the indument; the disjunct populations are not uniform. It seems to be allied to the widely distributed Australian P. fragilis (LABILL.) ASCHERSON & GRAEBNER,which differs by glabrous leaves and spathes,inflorescences much shorter than the leaves and the lower part of the peduncles never surrounded by a central leaf.

Citation

STAPF 1923 – In: En. Philip.: 220
STAPF 1921: En. Born.: 119
STAPF 1940 – In: Not. Nat. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad.: 2
Merr. 1907 – In: Philip. J. Sc.: Bot. 268
HATUS. 1942 – In: Bot. Mag. Tokyo: 426
Merr. 1921: En. Born.: 119
GIBBS 1914 – In: J. Linn. Soc. Bot.: 165
WENT f. 1924 – In: Nova Guinea: 114