Martin's Falls, Warkworth, upper Mahurangi River where it is only a few yards wide, Falls Road
Verbatim locality:
Martin's Falls, Warkworth, upper Mahurangi River where it is only a few yards wide, Falls Road.
Verbatim collector:
Michael Vine
Standardised collector:
Michael Vine
Verbatim date:
1963
Start date:
1963
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Rocky margin.
Notes:
Rhizome short. Leaves numerous, tufted, 1-2 ft long 1/6 - ⅓" wide, rigid, coriaceous, striate; margins minutely scabrid. Flowering stem longer or shorter than leaves, with one or two cauline leaves. Panicle broad. Flowers 2-10, large, white. Perianth ½-1" diam. 3 outer segments oblong, elliptic, greenish on outside, 3 inner larger, broader, orbicular, pure white. Capsule broadly oblong or obovoid.
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Habitat: North, South, Stewart, Chatham Islands: Abundant from North Cape southwards in open forests. Sea level to 2000ft.
Flowers October - December
Common name: Tukouki.
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