Erect herb with main stem 2.5-3m high; short lateral branches; copious white latex. Inflorescence branches antrorsely puberulent. Flower pendent, umbellate. Petals white, 10-11x5-6mm, ovate or rhombic-ovate; upper half turned forwards, densely ciliolate. Corona scales c.4mm long, mauve in the concave centre; concealing stamens and flush with white style head at their apex. Gynostegium 4mm long. Wild collection date: 1992. Sheets A to E.
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Lincoln, Canterbury Agriculture and Science Centre
Verbatim locality:
Lincoln Science Centre campus, cultivated in glasshouse