Banks Peninsula: head of Purau Valley under Mount Herbert and Trig ZZ
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.6867 172.758
Verbatim locality:
Banks Peninsula: head of Purau Valley under Mount Herbert and Trig ZZ.
Verbatim collector:
Wilson HD BP982
Standardised collector:
Hugh D. Wilson
Verbatim date:
3-JUN-1985
Start date:
1985-06-03
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 1:
S84 10- 37- (WGS84 -43.682853 172.753204)
New Zealand Map Series 260:
N36 90- 24- (WGS84 -43.686691 172.757994)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
43°41´ S 172°45.5´ E (WGS84 -43.683333 172.758333)
Abundance:
Local
Altitudes:
from 700m
Habitat:
In sloping flushed ground covered in wet turf.
Abundance:
Local
Keywords:
Montane; Turf; Wet
Notes:
Rhizomatous, patch-forming herb. Leaves green-brown. Fruit orange speckled with red. Seed closely invested by fleshy part of fruit but can be separated cleanly. Gunnera monoica is common on Banks Peninsula but G. prorepens is not known.