New Zealand Map Series 1:
N133 618 248 (WGS84 -39.615719 176.158276)
New Zealand Map Series 260:
U21 811 718 (WGS84 -39.615558 176.157917)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
39°37´ S 176°9´ E (WGS84 -39.616667 176.15)
Abundance:
Rare
Altitudes:
from 1120m
Habitat:
Amongst Sphagnum Moss and Empodisma minus just above tarn water level.
Specimens still in flower. Corolla tube not split resulting in a tubular flower quite unlike E. disperma plants of the West coast of the south island.
Observed species:
Celmisia setacea Empodisma minus Gleichenia `alpina' Sphagnum cristatum
Specimen notes
Voucher (DNA):
Minimal vegetative material removed for DNA analysis in Taiwan in a collaborative project on Euphrasia evolution between Dr W.R. Barker and Prof. Ming-Jou Wu.
April-May 2012.