CHR 594670 B – Phormium tenax 'Tūtaewheke'
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 594670 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 'Tūtaewheke'
Determiner:
Sue Scheele
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Phormium tenax 'Tūtaewheke'
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. 17.Source: Botanic Gardens, Wellington. Sent from Taranaki in 1870. Identified again by Mrs Orchiston in 1972.Description: A distinctive cultivar, with the mature bush having an overall inky blue appearance, the colour of the fluid ejected by the octopus to camouflage itself when under attackEmDashhence the name. Medium to tall, with rather bendy blades. Black keel and margins on older blades, with dark, streaky bronze colourings on upperside. Tawny-red margins and veining in the young leaves. The young bush has a yellowy bronze appearance. Red flowers with cream inner tepals. Scapes semi-inclined. Long, narrow, seed pods. Uses: Not best for muka, though some of the older blades strip fairly easily.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to C
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