following Hamlin, B.G. (1976) NZ J Botany 14(3): 279.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Sonchus littoralis (Kirk) Cockayne
Determiner:
B.H. Macmillan
Identification date:
1964-12 (Verbatim: Dec 1964)
Preferred name:
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Nugget Point, S.E. Otago
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-46.44278 169.794183
Verbatim locality:
Nugget Point, S.E. Otago - S. of Roaring Bay
Verbatim collector:
G.I. Collett
Standardised collector:
G. I. Collett
Verbatim date:
Nov 1964
Start date:
1964-11
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Otago Land District
Altitudes:
from 2m to 2m
Habitat:
hill faces
Notes:
I do notice that wherever I have found this plant it is restricted to only few specimens in quite small radius with considerable distance to next stand. I have in mind the Castlepoint specimens. Also few mutilated specimens below lower at end of Peninsula.