CHR 483746 – Ageratum houstonianum 'Candy Floss'
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 483746
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
21 April 1994
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Ageratum houstonianum `Candy Floss'
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1993-04-08 (Verbatim: 8-APR-1993)
Preferred name:
Ageratum houstonianum 'Candy Floss'
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:
Christchurch, 115 Packe Street
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 155/93
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
8-APR-1993
Start date:
1993-04-08
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:
Spontaneous within garden.
Notes:
Erect, fibrous-rooted herb. Capitula c.1.3-1.5cm across; phyllaries green except for red tips. Florets mauve-pink in bud, white at anthesis. A single plant appeared spontaneously in the garden. Typical of this cultivar which has never? been grown here. Hybrid of A.houstonianum and an unknown species of Ageratum.
Specimen notes
Georeference (derived):
Estimated map ref.: NZMS 260 M 35 81- 43-
Parker M., 15.11.06
Parker M., 15.11.06
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