Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.806797 172.969975
Verbatim locality:
Akaroa
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 1/92
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
3-Jan-1992
Start date:
1992-01-03
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Dense shrub c.2.5m high. Leaves subcoriaceous, scarcely shining, brownish when young, citrus smelling (but not of lemons) when bruised. Sepals pinkish. Petals 1.7-2.3cm long, ± oblanceolate, white with pinkish flush outside. Flowers fragrant. Citrus x `Meyer Lemon.' Fruit mostly 4.5-6 x 4-6cm, subglobose to broadly ellipsoid-oblong, yellow, with apical rounded protuberance; flesh pale yellow, moderately acid.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B (Spirit)
Spirit collection no.: 4-00005