CHR 594652 C – Phormium tenax 'Raumoa'
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 594652 C
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
06 February 2008
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Phormium tenax 'Raumoa'
Determiner:
Sue Scheele
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Phormium tenax 'Raumoa'
Division:
Magnoliophyta
Class:
Liliopsida
Order:
Liliales
Family:
Hemerocallidaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Unknown
Verbatim locality:
Unknown
Verbatim collector:
Verbatim date:
Country:
Unknown
Other collection events
Collection event type:
Cultivated
Standard locality
Location:
Lincoln, Landcare Research
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.640337 172.477044
Verbatim locality:
Landcare Research Experimental Gardens, Lincoln
Verbatim collector:
Katarina Tawiri
Standardised collector:
Katarina Tawiri
Verbatim date:
21/2/07
Start date:
2007-02-21
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Lincoln cultivar ex Rene Orchiston Collection, Hexton, Gisborne. Orchiston ID No.35.Source: Botanic Gardens, Wellington (originally sent from Taranaki in 1870) and Te Kuiti.Description: Tall, soft but strong. Tomato red keel and margins on all blades. Orange-red flowers. Scapes semi-inclined. Seed pods medium length and width, round in cross-section. Uses: Good whāriki flax. Also good for fine kaitaka kete as it dries very white like kiekie when boiled. Strips easily with a shell into silky white fibre, though the para is inclined to adhere. For kete, the leaves dried to a greenish white when unboiled, almost white when boiled.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to C
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