Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.530379 172.620934
Verbatim locality:
Christchurch, Botanic Gardens
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 333/93
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
10 Nov 1993
Start date:
1993-11-10
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Notes:
Rhizomatous plant with long black wiry (bootlace) rhizomes. Stems rush-like, i.e. leafless, hollow with thin walls, to about 2m high and 1.2cm diameter; grooves usually 30-40; branches small and short, like miniature main stems. Sheaths on young shoots pink and mauvish-brown with black teeth, on mature shoots sheaths with basal black band and rest of sheath rather silvery except for the black teeth, these however being eventually shed. No fertile parts seen.