CHR 504894 B – Phormium tenax 'Ngutunui'
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 504894 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
06 February 2008
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Phormium tenax 'Ngutunui'
Determiner:
Sue Scheele
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Phormium tenax 'Ngutunui'
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Hemerocallidaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Lincoln, Landcare Research
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.640337 172.477044
Verbatim locality:
Landcare Research Experimental Gardens, Lincoln
Verbatim collector:
Sue Scheele
Standardised collector:
Sue Scheele
Verbatim date:
18/12/01
Start date:
2001-12-18
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Lincoln cultivar ex Rene Orchiston Collection, Hexton, Gisborne. Orchiston ID No. 50.Source: Maniapoto.Description: Short, bendy flax smudged with reddish shadings on sides and tips of blades. Overall bush has a yellow bronze appearance particularly in the older leaves. Despite brownish tips and markings it is different from Tupurupuru and Tarariki. Red flowers. Scapes erect, slender. Seed pods medium length, fat (approx 13 mm wide). Uses: Good for kete and whāriki if blades are long enough as it dries into mixed greenish tan shades. If long enough can, with care, produce good muka for whenu in kete, wall-hangings, etc. The NZ Department of Agriculture (1908) described its fibre as strong and elastic, thin but tough. In strength, the fibre was by far the best of 10 cultivars tested. It was said to be highly prized for making fine mats and cloaks. Best (1909) said that in the Urewera nets and snares were made from the undressed leaves.
Specimen notes
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