South Otago, by Owaka-Balclutha Road, near Cannibal Bay Road Junction
Verbatim locality:
South Otago, by Owaka-Balclutha Road, near Cannibal Bay Road Junction.
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 5/94
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
5-JAN-1994
Start date:
1994-01-05
Land District:
Southland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Altitudes:
from 100m
Habitat:
Grassy bank top above road.
Notes:
Corms present. Stems erect. Bracts green, inflated. Corolla bluish-mauve falls; standards ± pinkish-mauve, c.5.5cm x c.3.8cm, broad obovate, emarginate, erect. Falls c. 7cm long x c. 5cm wide, curving downwards, emarginate, with yellow dash in centre and white spokes radiating from the area. Stylar crest and style ± lying parallel to lower part of falls; crest c. 12mm deep, turning upwards. (A cultivar of Dutch Iris. [Sykes WR 2/12/1999]) Sheets A to C.