Jointly determined with A.R. Arnold. cv. 'Ton Thumb'
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Governors Bay
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.6215 172.646
Verbatim locality:
Canterbury, Banks Peninsula, Governors Bay
Verbatim collector:
Arnold AR
Standardised collector:
A. R. Arnold
Verbatim date:
6-JUL-1987
Start date:
1987-07-06
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Habitat:
Cultivated in warm dry site.
Notes:
Small erect perennial plant. Leaves opposite, decussate, connate at base, c. 4x4 mm, and c. 1 mm thick, broadly ovate-cordate at base, c. 4x4 mm, and c. 1 mm thinck, broadly ovate-cordate, +/- concave above and convex with slight keel beneath, green. Flowers few with whitish or pinkish bracts.
Sepals c. 1 mm long, triangular-lanceolate with pale margin. Petals free, white, 2-2.5 mm long, +/- spathulate, tending recurved at apex, lower part simulating a tube. Stamens c. 2 mm long, filaments white, anthers dark purple. Scales broadly obcuneate, yellow.