Species

Holosteum umbellatum

Etymology

umbellatum: bearing umbels

Authority

Holosteum umbellatum L.

Family

Caryophyllaceae

Flora Category

Vascular - Exotic

NVS Species Code

HOLUMB

The National Vegetation Survey (NVS) Databank is a physical archive and electronic databank containing records of over 94,000 vegetation survey plots - including data from over 19,000 permanent plots. NVS maintains a standard set of species code abbreviations that correspond to standard scientific plant names from the Ngä Tipu o Aotearoa - New Zealand Plants database.

Structural Class

Dicotyledonous Herbs other than Composites

Flower Colours

White

Year Naturalised

1957

Origin

Europe, W. Asia

This page last updated on 24 Mar 2010