CHR 594672 B – Phormium tenax 'Hūhiroa'
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 594672 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 'Hūhiroa'
Determiner:
Sue Scheele
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Phormium tenax 'Hūhiroa'
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:
1/1/02
Start date:
2002-01-01
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Lincoln cultivar ex Rene Orchiston Collection, Hexton, Gisborne. Orchiston ID No.19.Source: Botanic Gardens, Wellington. Sent from Taranaki in 1870. Identified by Mrs Orchiston in 1972. Also sent to Britain earlier this century. Grew well in Ireland.Description: Very tall, up to 3 metres. Tapering blades, pale bluish-green in colour. Dark brown edge with dark reddish-brown keel. Gleaming pale orange flowers. Erect scapes. Seed pods medium length and width. Uses: In Rene's experience, this flax does not produce very good fibre. The early records however suggest that Hūhiroa was well regarded in Taranaki and Wanganui. Its long fibre was of excellent quality and easily stripped. Used for fine mats, garments, fishing lines and ropes.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to C
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