CHR 542366 – Aciphylla montana var. gracilis (W.R.B.Oliv.) J.W.Dawson
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 542366
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
12 March 2002
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Aciphylla montana var. gracilis
Determiner:
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Aciphylla montana var. gracilis (W.R.B.Oliv.) J.W.Dawson
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Apiales
Family:
Apiaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Wether Range Killermont Past. Lease
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-44.5605 169.747
Verbatim locality:
Wether Ra. Killermont Past. Lease
Verbatim collector:
N.C. Simpson
Standardised collector:
N. C. Simpson
Verbatim date:
Land District:
Otago Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
H39 516 224 (WGS84 -44.560466 169.746771)
Abundance:
Occasional
Altitudes:
from 1480m
Habitat:
On steep, rocky slope.
Abundance:
Occasional
Keywords:
Alpine; Dry; Fellfield; Greywacke; Open; Stone
Notes:
Occasional small plants generally single rosettes, very few in flower, in rocky sites. Both male & female plants growing out of Dracophyllum pronum bushes and the only flowering plants seen. ♂ at 1480m ♀ 1420m. A. var. gracilis was uncommon on St Bathans Ra, Dunstan Ra, Wether Ra and Hawkdun Ra (more common). Only small, single rosettes, generally except on a scree slope on Hawkdun Ra where plant found with numerous rosettes and about 60cm across.
Observed species:
Chionochloa macra
Festuca mathewsii
Dracophyllum pronum
Poa colensoi
Pimelea oreophila
Raoulia subsericea
Pentachondra pumila
Hieracium praealtum
Festuca mathewsii
Dracophyllum pronum
Poa colensoi
Pimelea oreophila
Raoulia subsericea
Pentachondra pumila
Hieracium praealtum
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