Auckland Botanic Gardens, Hill Road, Manurewa, Auckland
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-37.01137 174.907722
Verbatim locality:
Manurewa, Auckland Regional Botanic Garden
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 178/92
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
24-NOV-1992
Start date:
1992-11-24
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Ecological District:
Manukau
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Multi-stemmed herb forming a dense mass, smelling like Stachys sylvatica. Corolla scarlet, 2.5-2.8cm long to apex of straight upper lip (7-8mm long); lower lip 7-8mm long and approximately at right angles. Calyx purplish. Plant like (at least superficially) Salvia coccinea in tropical Polynesia. Sheets A to B.