CHR 496858 – Borago officinalis L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 496858
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
07 December 1994
Database record updated:
18 June 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Borago officinalis L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1993-12-06 (Verbatim: 6 Dec 1993)
Preferred name:
Borago officinalis L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Lamiales
Family:
Boraginaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Chatham Island, Waitangi, Nairn River
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
44.002 S 176.558 W (WGS84 -44.002 -176.558)
Verbatim locality:
Chatham Island, Waitangi, Nairn River bank.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 484/93
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
6 Dec 1993
Start date:
1993-12-06
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Native lands:
Moriori
Moriori
Ngati Mutunga o Wharekauri
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
44.002 S 176.558 W (WGS84 -44.002 -176.558)
Altitudes:
from 20m
Habitat:
Top of steep bank, amongst long grass and other herbs.
Notes:
Sprawling herbs with weak hollow stems. Leaves mostly dead at time of collecting. Corolla deep blue, lobes 12-13 x c.5mm, lanceolate pointing slightly backwards. Anther "cone" c.6mm long, black. A few plants only.
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