Auckland, Rangitoto Island, Islington, Rangitoto Wharf
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 659/94
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
4-DEC-1994
Start date:
1994-12-04
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Open patch of rough lava, near old house site.
Notes:
Aeonium undulatum form. Shrubby succulent plant with thick stems to c.50cm high. Leaves in terminal rosettes, to c.10.5x3.5cm on specimen collected (others present were sometimes larger), green, flat except for obtuse keel beneath. Inflorescence stem with leaves progressively smaller towards inflorescence; the whole inflorescence broadly ± pyramidal; flowers secund on upper side of branches. Calyx lobes ± triangular. Corolla cream; petals c.8mmx2mm, linear. Stamens subequal to petals. Gynoecium white. Glands almost square, translucent whitish.