CHR 518194 – Leptospermum scoparium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 518194
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
08 February 1999
Database record updated:
08 January 2003
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Leptospermum scoparium `Kiwi' x Leptospermum lanigerum var. lanigerum
Determiner:
Harris W
Identification date:
1998-12-04 (Verbatim: 4-DEC-1998)
Preferred name:
Leptospermum scoparium J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Myrtales
Family:
Myrtaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Lincoln, 27A Edward Street
Verbatim locality:
Lincoln, 27A Edward Street, home garden
Verbatim collector:
Harris W
Standardised collector:
W. Harris
Verbatim date:
4-DEC-1998
Start date:
1998-12-04
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Progeny of F1 hybrid. Cultivated in domestic garden. W.Harris hybrid 37/94 (18). Leptospermum scoparium `Kiwi' female parent. Leptospermum lanigerum var, lanigerum male parent raised from seed collected from Mount Gingera, Brindabella Ranges, A.C.T. Australia. Cross made 26-Nov-1993 to 8-Feb-1993. Seed sown 11-Apr-1995. Retained nanum form in pot until planted in garden at Lincoln in November 1997. Change to `normal' form occurred after this date and was well established by May 1998 when first photographed. Normal shoots flowered for first time in November 1998. Two of 19 plants showed dwarf, compact nanum form and both these showed `habit-heteroblastism'. Remaining 17 showed semi-dwarf to semi-erect. Specimens showing `nanum' and `normal' forms present on the plant made.
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