CHR 518719 A – Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 518719 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
05 March 1999
Database record updated:
11 February 2024
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
[Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill.]
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2008-05-19 (Verbatim: 19-5-2008)
Preferred name:
Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill.
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Iridaceae
Identification type:
Confirmation
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
1999-11-30 (Verbatim: 30-11-1999)
Preferred name:
Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Identification
Determined name:
Watsonia meriana ?
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Whanganui, northwest end of Castlecliff Beach
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-39.9208 174.961
Verbatim locality:
Wanganui [District], Wanganui, northwest end of Castlecliff Beach
Verbatim collector:
Ogle CC 3440
Standardised collector:
Colin C. Ogle
Verbatim date:
27-OCT-1998
Start date:
1998-10-27
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngā Rauru Kītahi
Whanganui Iwi / Te Atihaunui a Pāpārangi
Whanganui Land Settlement (Lower Whanganui)
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
R22 776 409 (WGS84 -39.920792 174.960723)
Abundance:
Common
Altitudes:
from 6m
Habitat:
Dune - on hind dune with rank grasses and other "garden plants".
Abundance:
Common
Keywords:
Dry; Dune; Exposed; Open; Pasture; Sand; Slope; Sunny; Unconsolidated
Notes:
Clumps along some 2km of dunes. This one with rose-pink corolla but other clumps of apparently the same species had flowers pinky-orange, white, pale pink, and wine. Leaves coriaceous, stiff, erect, dull green. Style 3-fid, each 2-forked. Stamens three, curved under upper perianth lobe. Corolla tube curved, 20mm; lobes 20-25mm. Sheets A to B.
Observed species:
Ammophila arenaria
Dactylis glomerata
Festuca arundinacea
Gazania linearis
Lampranthus sp. ?
Dactylis glomerata
Festuca arundinacea
Gazania linearis
Lampranthus sp. ?
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