CHR 496726 A – Lunaria annua L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 496726 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
02 December 1994
Database record updated:
01 June 2006
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Lunaria annua L.
Determiner:
Redmond DN
Identification date:
2006-05-31 (Verbatim: 31 May 2006)
Preferred name:
Lunaria annua L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Capparales
Family:
Brassicaceae
Identification type:
Taxonomic curation
Note:
following: Flora Europaea Vol.I p358
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Lunaria biennis
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1993-11-30 (Verbatim: 30-NOV-1993)
Preferred name:
Lunaria annua L.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Chatham Island, near North Road, opposite Big Bush
Verbatim locality:
Chatham Island, near North Road, opposite Big Bush.
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 398/93
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
30-NOV-1993
Start date:
1993-11-30
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Altitudes:
from 35m
Habitat:
Near limestone bluff, beneath indigenous forest remnant.
Notes:
Herbs with tap root and inflorescence to 40 or 50cm high. Leaves soft and pale green. Petal limb mauve-rose or light purplish, 8-12mm long, oblanceolate to obovate, the corolla slightly irregular. Presumably introduced to nearby garden but now properly naturalised.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
