Wanganui, Coast west of Mowhanau; Okehu Stream mouth
Verbatim collector:
C C Ogle 4646
Standardised collector:
Colin C. Ogle
Verbatim date:
4 Dec 2004
Start date:
2004-12-04
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Native lands:
Ngā Rauru Kītahi
Whanganui Land Settlement (Lower Whanganui)
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
R22 706 459 (WGS84 -39.877141 174.877598)
Abundance:
Occasional
Altitudes:
from 1m
Habitat:
Narrow gorge incised in soft mudstone and naturally dammed - water sluggish to 1 m deep. On gorge wall, 0.5 m above water.
Overhung by Coprosma robusta - Phormium cookianum - Cortaderia fulvida.
(large stature specimen)
flower/fruit
Tussocks - maybe 30 -50 along 50 m of gorge wall. Some more robust than others - see 4647 [CHR 591891 A & B]. Stigmas 2, male spike(s) without any ♀ flowers; utricles beaked, almost without hispid projections; leaves double folded.