CHR 529803 – Watsonia borbonica subsp. ardernei (Sander) Goldblatt
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 529803
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
23 June 1999
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
[Watsonia borbonica subsp. ardernei (Sander) Goldblatt]
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2008-05-19 (Verbatim: 19-5-2008)
Preferred name:
Watsonia borbonica subsp. ardernei (Sander) Goldblatt
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Iridaceae
Identification type:
Confirmation
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Watsonia borbonica subsp. ardernei (Sander) Goldbl.
Determiner:
WR Sykes
Identification date:
2000-10-16 (Verbatim: 16-10-2000)
Preferred name:
Watsonia borbonica subsp. ardernei (Sander) Goldblatt
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Identification
Determined name:
Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill.
Determiner:
Sykes WR
Identification date:
1998-12-03 (Verbatim: 3-DEC-1998)
Preferred name:
Watsonia meriana (L.) Mill.
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Awhitu Road/Ponstord Road Junction
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-37.1793 174.638
Verbatim locality:
Awhitu Road/Ponstord Road Junction
Verbatim collector:
Sykes WR 374/97
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
2-DEC-1997
Start date:
1997-12-02
Land District:
North Auckland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāti Tamaoho
Ngāti Te Ata
Waikato
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
R 12 558 457 (WGS84 -37.179268 174.638346)
Altitudes:
from 10m
Habitat:
Roadside, in long grass in shallow dry ditch.
Notes:
Cormous herb. Corm not collected. Leaves distichous. Inflorescence stem about 1m high, branching. Bracts brown scarious. Flowers pink, directed forwards, 7.2-7.8cm long; tube about 4cm long, curving, ampliate above curve; deeper pink towards base of tube; limb subregular; lobes c.3x1-1.4cm, (inner whorl about 1.4cm wide), more or less elliptic. Stamens less than style; filaments deep pink; anthers light purple. Style and stigmas pale pink. A few plants.
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Pink-flowered form unusual in cultivation but usual in the wild.
W.R.S. [Sykes WR], 19-5-2008
W.R.S. [Sykes WR], 19-5-2008
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