CHR 594663 C – Phormium tenax 'Awahou'
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 594663 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 'Awahou'
Determiner:
Sue Scheele
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Phormium tenax 'Awahou'
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.25.Source: Eastern Bay of Plenty.Description: A superior, handsome cultivar with short, wide, strong, pale green blades. Some of the blades measure 15 cm across. Distinct blunt, Gothic shaped tips. The strong fibre shows clearly through the green skin. Orange-red keel and margin. Orange flowers. Short, erect kōrari with dense groups of short, fat, blunt seed pods.Uses: Makes very good strong kete which dry very white after boiling for one minute. Short, very strong and may be used for piupiu, but not really a muka flax.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to C
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