Southland, Near Mokoreta, Slopedown Range, (Catlins State Forest Park)
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-46.3817 169.088
Verbatim locality:
Southland, Near Mokoreta, Slopedown Range, (Catlins State Forest Park).
Verbatim collector:
Sykes W.R. 35/94
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
7-JAN-1994
Start date:
1994-01-07
Land District:
Southland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Altitudes:
from 710m
Habitat:
Open level mountain top. Amongst tall tussock.
Notes:
Shrublet with thin, straggling stems, often semi-prostrate. Leaves dark green and shiny above. Fruits 6-7mm across, flattened globose, pink or pale pink. Calyx fleshy, pink or pale pink. Common.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
Supplementary remarks:
Wake Forest University Herbarium.
Gaultheria macrostigma (Colenso) D.J.Middleton
Revision of Gaultheria L. from Australia and New Zealand
Dissertation by Catherine M. Bush, 2010