Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.51677 172.645022
Verbatim locality:
Canterbury, Christchurch, 115 Packe St
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 109/93
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
9-MAR-1993
Start date:
1993-03-09
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)
Habitat:
Garden, amongst shrubs, in shade.
Notes:
Herb, distinctively aromatic ("herb Robert scent") with lax spreading stems, reddish on upper side. Old leaves becoming red. Inflorescence reddish, including calyx. Petals deep pink. oblanceolate, c. 1.7 X 0.6 cm ; apex ± truncate to slightly retuse. Anthers orange-yellow. Uppermost part of style and the stigmas rosy-crimson. Spontaneous and common through many shady parts of the garden although only introduced about three years ago.