CHR 594654 B – Phormium tenax 'Matawai Taniwha'
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 594654 B
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
06 February 2008
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Phormium tenax 'Matawai Taniwha'
Determiner:
Sue Scheele
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Phormium tenax 'Matawai Taniwha'
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:
Sue Scheele
Standardised collector:
Sue Scheele
Verbatim date:
18/12/01
Start date:
2001-12-18
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Lincoln cultivar ex Rene Orchiston Collection, Hexton, Gisborne. Orchiston ID No.37.Source: Matawai, near Waioeka Gorge, East Coast.Description: Very tall, slightly bendy flax. Leaves a yellowy-bronze colour with darker shadings. Reddish-brown margin and keel. Orange-red flowers with inner tepals yellow, producing a striped effect. Scapes tall, erect, slender. Seed pods very long (often 90+ mm), narrow. Bright salmon red inside cut blade. Uses: Kete flax. Also good for whāriki as it produces long strips which dry to a corn yellow shade. Gives good contrast when used in patterns. Better not boiled. For whāriki just drag through boiling water. Roots used for medicinal purposes.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to C
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