Systematics Collections Data

CHR 481277 – Centaurea melitensis L.

Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 481277
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
01 March 1995
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Centaurea melitensis
Determiner:
H.D. Wilson
Identification date:
1993-05-10 (Verbatim: 10 May 1993)
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:
Canterbury, Banks Peninsula, Horseshoe Bay
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  -43.8758  172.841 
Verbatim locality:
Canterbury, Banks Peninsula, Horseshoe Bay
Verbatim collector:
H.D. Wilson BP829
Standardised collector:
Hugh D. Wilson
Verbatim date:
22 Sep 1986
Start date:
1986-09-22
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 1:   S94 179 139  (WGS84 -43.876073 172.841432)
New Zealand Map Series 260:   N37 973 035  (WGS84 -43.875828 172.84185)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):  43°52.6´ S 172°50.5´ E  (WGS84 -43.876667 172.841667)
Abundance:
Local
Altitudes:
from 70m
Habitat:
Patchy pasture of dandthonia on steep droughty slopes.
Abundance:
Local
Keywords:
Dry; Maritime; Pasture
Notes:
Dead, brown, prickly, low, more or less sprawling herbs with numerous small seedlings beneath. Involucral spines with lateral pairs. Banks peninsula Botanical Survey plot 1222.
Observed species:
Marrubium vulgare
Muehlenbeckia complexa
Rytidosperma spp.
Verbascum thapsus
Permissions
Project permits
Reference:
CHR Collection - Local Contexts
Biocultural (BC) Notice