CHR 517752 – Sisyrinchium micranthum Cav.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 517752
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
12 November 1998
Database record updated:
10 December 2008
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Sisyrinchium iridifolium Kunth
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2008-11-19 (Verbatim: 19-11-2008)
Preferred name:
Sisyrinchium micranthum Cav.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Iridaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Sisyrinchium
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Sisyrinchium L.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Mount Albert Research Centre, 120 Mount Albert Road, Mount Albert, Auckland
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-36.890167 174.726167
Verbatim locality:
Auckland City, Mount Albert, Science Research Centre
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 449/97
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
5-DEC-1997
Start date:
1997-12-05
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Small strip of mown grass. Adventive.
Notes:
Semi-prostrate herb (mowing prevents a more erect habit). Leaves in small distichous fans. Perianth 8-9mm long, light blue-mauve with dark purple band at base of "limb". Tepals about 2mm wide, apiculate; claw greenish-yellow inside and with marginal purple bands and central green keel outside. Stamens less than claw of petal. The dwarf form of S. iridifolium recorded as Sisyrinchium "Blue". Flora N.Z. Vol. 111. p135 (1980).
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