approx 200m from ford over Maitai River, South Maitai Run, Nelson
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-41.3151 173.366
Verbatim locality:
approx 200m from ford over Maitai River, South Maitai Run, Nelson
Verbatim collector:
A Wilton
Standardised collector:
Aaron D. Wilton
Verbatim date:
19-12-99
Start date:
1999-12-19
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Nelson Land District
Native lands:
Ngāti Apa ki te Rā Tō
Ngāti Kōata
Ngāti Kuia
Ngāti Rārua
Ngāti Tama ki Te Tau Ihu
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Rangitāne o Wairau
Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
O27 406 879 (WGS84 -41.315099 173.365625)
Altitudes:
from 240m
Habitat:
At bottom of trackside bank in mixed forest/shrubland - in light shaded area.
Notes:
A single naturalised plant observed. Cormous herb, corm not coll. Leaves green; main veins prominently raised. Flowers ± secund. Bracts herbaceous, 3-6 cm long. Perianth c. 7.5 cm long, curving forwards, wider than long; tube pale or whitish outside, very slender proximately, gradually amplicate; segments 2.5-4 cm long, deep crimson-red inside apart from a white ± rhombic-elliptic "window" on lower 3 (narrower) segments, these 8-9 mm wide; posterior segment c. 2.5 cm wide (largest segment); 2 lateral segments intermediate in size. Anthers dark mauve. Style > stamens; branches crimson.