Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.576389 172.773353
Verbatim locality:
N.Z., Canterbury, Christchurch, Scarborough Hill, Sumner.
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 91/86
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
23-SEP-1986
Start date:
1986-09-23
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
N36 91- 37- (WGS84 -43.569713 172.770834)
Habitat:
West facing slope near base of hill. In open scrub of Argyranthemum, Echium Crassulaceae.
Notes:
Very common.Succulent-stemmed sub-shrub with spreading rather twisted or curved stems to c.50cm long & 1cm diam.Lvs clustered towards shoot apices but not in flattish terminal rosettes, larger ones 4-5x1.5-2cm, ± oblanceolate, c.4mm thick, shining green; margin sometimes reddish towards obtuse apex. Calyx obtuse. Corolla, stellate, yellow; petals 7-8mm long, lanceolate, acute. Carpels greenish-yelow. Abundant locally.