following Hamlin, B.G. (1976) NZ J Botany 14(3): 279.
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Sonchus littoralis (Kirk) Allan
Determiner:
B.H.M.
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Sonchus kirkii Hamlin
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Stephens Island / Takapourewa, Cook Strait
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-40.6711 173.998
Verbatim locality:
Stephens Island, Cook Strait
Verbatim collector:
B.H. Macmillan 71/283
Standardised collector:
Bryony H. Macmillan
Verbatim date:
20 Feb 1971
Start date:
1971-02-20
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Nelson Land District
Habitat:
East face of S.W. razor among Poa tussocks. Scattered plants over topped and sheltered by tussocks.
Notes:
Leaves thick, narrow oblong, not deeply lobed, pale laucous with white midrib, raised veins below give rugose appearance, auricles rounded, margins with fine uneven teeth.
Many juvenile rosettes.