Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-42.216338 173.866765
Verbatim locality:
Mororimu Stream, north Okiwi Bay, Kaikoura coast
Verbatim collector:
PB Heenan, R. Smissen
Standardised collector:
Peter B. Heenan; Rob D. Smissen
Verbatim date:
30 Nov 2005
Start date:
2005-11-30
Land District:
Marlborough Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
P31 815 875 (WGS84 -42.21649 173.86599)
Altitudes:
from 5m
Habitat:
coastal rocky outcrops
Notes:
P. [Phormium] tenax plants typically with short leaves (c. 1 m long) and inflorescences with lateral branches placed among the leaves. P. "Coast" with horizontal, curved and slightly twisted capsules - both putative parents growing in the area. This hybrid plant growing among P. tenax plants and with fruit strongly curved and upright - intermediate between tenax and coast. One hybrid plant seen.