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Anoda cristata

Tauherenikau River bank, Wairarapa.<br>Photographer: Patrick Enright, Date taken: 14/04/2018, Licence: All rights reserved. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Tauherenikau River bank, Wairarapa.<br>Photographer: Patrick Enright, Date taken: 14/04/2018, Licence: All rights reserved. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Tauherenikau River bank, Wairarapa.<br>Photographer: Patrick Enright, Date taken: 14/04/2018, Licence: All rights reserved. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Tauherenikau River bank, Wairarapa.<br>Photographer: Patrick Enright, Date taken: 14/04/2018, Licence: All rights reserved. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Tauherenikau River bank, Wairarapa.<br>Photographer: Patrick Enright, Date taken: 14/04/2018, Licence: All rights reserved. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Tauherenikau River bank, Wairarapa.<br>Photographer: Patrick Enright, Date taken: 14/04/2018, Licence: All rights reserved. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

Violettas

Biostatus

Exotic

Conservation status

Not applicable

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Herbs - Dicotyledons other than Composites

Simplified description

Annual, mallow-like, 50-100 cm tall

Flower colours

Lavender

Distribution

One collection in NZ, beside Tauherenikau River, Wairarapa.

Detailed taxonomy

Genus

Family

Authority

Anoda cristata (L.) Schltdl.

Endemic family

No

Ecology

Fruiting

Dry - a bristly, disc-shaped capsule with 9 to 20 segments

Year naturalised

2018

Origin

Central America, possibly Mexico

Reason for introduction

Unknown