Systematics Collections Data

CHR 475067 – Centaurea melitensis L.

Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 475067
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Centaurea melitensis L.
Determiner:
de Lange PJ
Identification date:
1991-12-17 (Verbatim: 17-DEC-1991)
Preferred name:
Centaurea melitensis L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Wellington, Cook Strait Ecological District, Pipinui Point
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  -41.1715  174.746 
Verbatim locality:
Wellington, Cook Strait Ecological District, Pipinui Point
Verbatim collector:
de Lange PJ 1151
Standardised collector:
Peter J. de Lange
Verbatim date:
17-DEC-1991
Start date:
1991-12-17
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Te Atiawa (Wellington)
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 1:   N160 311 359  (WGS84 -41.170651 174.749448)
New Zealand Map Series 260:   R27 568 025  (WGS84 -41.170965 174.749759)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  41°10´ S 174°45´ E  (WGS84 -41.166667 174.75)
Abundance:
Abundant
Altitudes:
from 100m
Habitat:
Weed of scree, cliff tops and rough pasture.
Abundance:
Abundant
Notes:
Florets sulphur yellow. Small foetid herb, the spinose bracts hooking readily into clothing.
Observed species:
Aciphylla squarrosa
Anthoxanthum odoratum
Elymus rectisetus
Vicia sativa
Permissions
Project permits
Reference:
CHR Collection - Local Contexts
Biocultural (BC) Notice