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Object: Hound’s tongue, Microsorum pustulatum (G.Forst.) Copel. subsp. pustulatum
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Registration Number  P022038
Phylum  Embryophyta
Class  Ferns
Order  Polypodiales
Family  Polypodiaceae
Scientific Name
Microsorum pustulatum (G.Forst.) Copel. subsp. pustulatum
Identified By  Seen for NZ eFlora: P. J. Brownsey
Identified Date   May 2011
Common / Maori name  Hound's tongue, Köwaowao, Maratata, Päraha, Päraharaha, Raumanga
Country collected  New Zealand
Region collected  North Island, Wellington
Precise locality  near Cape Palliser, Kawakawa Station, near Purple (Kawakawa Station) and Kawakawa (DOC) huts, Sally's Track.
Collected By  Sneddon, Barry, Perrie, Leon
Date collected  20 Mar 2007
Habitat  Near ridge-top. Under Kunzea ericoides, Pseudopanax crassifolius / Leucopogon fasciculatus, Olearia paniculata, Helichrysum lanceolatum, and Coprosma rhamnoides.
Section  Plants

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    • near Cape Palliser, Kawakawa Station, near Purple (Kawakawa Station) and Kawakawa (DOC) huts, Sally's Track.
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