CHR 593519 – Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon'
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 593519
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
24 February 2009
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Houttuynia cordata Thunb. 'Chameleon'
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2008-05-06 (Verbatim: 6 May 2008)
Preferred name:
Houttuynia cordata 'Chameleon'
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Piperales
Family:
Saururaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Wanganui, Bastia Hill, Wairere Road
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-39.9298 175.062
Verbatim locality:
Wanganui, Bastia Hill, Wairere Rd (#5)
Verbatim collector:
R C Ogle; C C Ogle 5357
Standardised collector:
Ogle, RC; Colin C. Ogle
Verbatim date:
28 Dec 2007
Start date:
2007-12-28
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Whanganui Iwi / Te Atihaunui a Pāpārangi
Whanganui Land Settlement (Lower Whanganui)
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
R22 862 397 (WGS84 -39.929825 175.061634)
Abundance:
Local
Altitudes:
from 40m
Habitat:
Edge of footpath, hanging over a 50 cm stone wall from unkempt garden.Garden shrubs (Cotoneaster lacteus & others)/Hedera helix - Alstroemeria sp.
Abundance:
Local
Keywords:
Anthropic; Bank; Dry; Garden; Lowland; Sand(mud)stone; Shaded; Sheltered; Shortforest(2.5-20m); Slope; Humus/loam
Notes:
flowerSheathing stipules, leaves green, yellow & pink variegated. Strongly rhizomatous, with Calystegia silvatica and Hedera helix. Flowers minute in dense spikes; 3 stamens, 3 almost free carpels each with a style. Petals & Sepals 0. Base of spike with 4 white petalloid bracts.
Observed species:
Cotoneaster lacteus
Hedera helix
Alstroemeria sp.
Hedera helix
Alstroemeria sp.
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