Sophora microphylla, common name kōwhai, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to New Zealand. Growing to 8 m (26 ft) tall and broad, it is an evergreen shrub or small tree. Each leaf is 10 cm (4 in) long with up to 40 pairs of shiny oval leaflets. In early spring it produces many racemes of pea-like yellow flowers.[1]
Other common names include weeping kōwhai and small-leaved kōwhai. It is also referred to as South Island Kowhai although this name is misleading since it is widely distributed all over New Zealand including the North Island, though less common in Northland.
The specific epithet microphylla means "small-leaved".[2] S. microphylla has smaller leaves (around 3–6 mm long by 2–5 mm wide) and flowers (1.8-5.0 cm long),[3] than the other well known species Sophora tetraptera (large-leaved kōwhai).
When young S. microphylla has a divaricating and bushy growth habit with many interlacing branches, which begins to disappear as the tree ages.[4]
The cultivar Sun King 'Hilsop' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[5][6]
Its nectar is toxic to the honeybee.[7]
Studies of accumulated dried vegetation in the pre-human mid-late Holocene period suggests a low Sophora microphylla forest ecosystem in Central Otago that was used and perhaps maintained by giant moa birds, for both nesting material and food. Neither the forests nor moa existed when European settlers came to the area in the 1850s.[8]
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Sophora microphylla, common name kōwhai, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae, native to New Zealand. Growing to 8 m (26 ft) tall and broad, it is an evergreen shrub or small tree. Each leaf is 10 cm (4 in) long with up to 40 pairs of shiny oval leaflets. In early spring it produces many racemes of pea-like yellow flowers.
Other common names include weeping kōwhai and small-leaved kōwhai. It is also referred to as South Island Kowhai although this name is misleading since it is widely distributed all over New Zealand including the North Island, though less common in Northland.
The specific epithet microphylla means "small-leaved". S. microphylla has smaller leaves (around 3–6 mm long by 2–5 mm wide) and flowers (1.8-5.0 cm long), than the other well known species Sophora tetraptera (large-leaved kōwhai).
When young S. microphylla has a divaricating and bushy growth habit with many interlacing branches, which begins to disappear as the tree ages.
The cultivar Sun King 'Hilsop' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
Its nectar is toxic to the honeybee.
Sophora microphylla, es una especie de planta fanerógama de la familia de las fabáceas, originaria de Nueva Zelanda.
Alcanza un tamaño de 8 m de alto y amplitud, es un árbol de hoja perenne, arbusto o pequeño árbol. Cada hoja mide 10 cm de largo, con un máximo de 40 pares de foliolos ovales brillantes. A principios de la primavera se producen muchos racimos de flores de color amarillo.[1] S. microphylla tiene hojas muy pequeñas (alrededor de 3-6 mm de largo por 2-5 mm de ancho) y flores (1,8 a 5,0 cm de largo),[2] que son más pequeñas que en las otras especies conocidas de hojas grandes.
Cuando es joven S. microphylla tiene un hábito de crecimiento arbustivo con muchas ramas entrelazadas, que comienzan a desaparecer a medida que aumenta la edad de los árboles.[3]
El cultivar Rey Sol 'Hilsop' ha ganado el Award of Garden Merit.[4] de la Royal Horticultural Society.
Sophora microphylla fue descrita por William Aiton y publicado en Hortus Kewensis; or, a catalogue... 2: 43. 1789.[5]
Sophora nombre genérico que deriva de la palabra árabe Sofera que designa a una especie del género Senna microphylla: epíteto latíno que significa "con hojas pequeñas".[6]
|urlparentesis= ignorado (ayuda); Falta la |url= (ayuda); |fechaacceso= requiere |url= (ayuda) Sophora microphylla, es una especie de planta fanerógama de la familia de las fabáceas, originaria de Nueva Zelanda.
Sophora microphylla là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Đậu. Loài này được Aiton miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên.[1]
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Sophora microphylla là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Đậu. Loài này được Aiton miêu tả khoa học đầu tiên.
