Cook Is, Rarotonga, Avatiu Valley, Ridge to Maungatea
Verbatim locality:
Cook Is, Rarotonga, Avatiu Valley, Ridge to Maungatea
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 2929/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
14-JAN-1990
Start date:
1990-01-14
Country:
Cook Islands
Altitudes:
from 243m
Habitat:
Narrow ridge top, open low forest, among rocks.
Notes:
Tufted plant with leaves shining above and forming a slight channel to midrib. Pedicels recurving to give pendent flowers. Perianth pale, dirty blue, segments c.6mm long, elliptic, directed backwards. Seed glossy black. Fairly common.