CHR 480967 – Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 480967
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-03-02 (Verbatim: 2 Mar 1993)
Preferred name:
Cosmos bipinnatus Cav.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Packe Street, St Albans - Edgeware, Christchurch
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.51677 172.645022
Verbatim locality:
Canterbury, Christchurch, 115 Packe Street
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 87/93
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
2 Mar 1993
Start date:
1993-03-02
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
M35 81- 43- (WGS84 -43.515398 172.647362)
Abundance:
Common
Habitat:
Garden, front of herbaceous border, and in gravel drive.
Abundance:
Common
Notes:
Erect annual herbs with single stems to c.75cm high. Foliage bright green. Ray florets deep pink usually, sometimes rose. See Suppl. label.
Specimen notes
Georeference (derived):
Estimated map ref.: NZMS 260 M35 81- 43-
Cerri C., 15.11.06
Cerri C., 15.11.06
Supplementary remarks:
Rays mostly 2.2 - 4.2 cm long, sometimes less in very poor soil or gravel when plants can be only a few cm high (< 10 cm), often with crimson patch at base; the whole flower forming a saucer. Commonly adventive in garden and on gravel driveway; not planted for several years.
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