Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.576389 172.773353
Verbatim locality:
NZ., Canterbury, Port Hills, Scarborough Hill
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 305/87
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
25-OCT-1987
Start date:
1987-10-25
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
N36 91- 37- (WGS84 -43.569713 172.770834)
Abundance:
Rare
Habitat:
On slope facing west.
Abundance:
Rare
Notes:
Unbranched, arboresent succulent with "trunk" (incl. infl. stem) c.70cm high and at least 2cm thick, with prominent elongated scars (not collected). Infl. terminal, glabrous. Main rosette leaves to c. 17x5cm, rather narrowly obovate, green, to 4mm thick, flat, with reddish tinge margin near distal end; apex apiculate. Infl. large pryamidal with acute apex, only lateral branches coll. Fls not secund. Calyx lobes 1.5-1.8 mm long, broadly pyramidal. Petals 10-12 in no. (3fls) golden, 7-9x2-2.5mm, narrowly oblong-elliptic Stamens 6-7mm long, yellow, little difference in length between whorls. Carpels (incl. styles) c. 5mm long, greenish-yellow. Scales very small, wider than long, pale yellowish. Very few scattered plants.