CHR 594674 A – Phormium tenax 'Ate'
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 594674 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
14 February 2007
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Phormium tenax 'Ate'
Determiner:
Sue Scheele
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Phormium tenax 'Ate'
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.21.Source: Pipiriki, Wanganui River.Description: One of the favourites in the Wanganui River district.A fine looking bush with tall, straight, wide, dark blue-green blades with a definite blue bloom on the underside of the leaves. Margin and keel very dark reddish brown. Red flowers, inner tepal tips orange. Scapes erect. Seed pods long (often >80 mm) and fat (mostly >14 mm). Uses: Does not strip well, but good for strong kete. The Flax Commissioner in Wanganui (1871) recorded its use for eel nets and baskets. Dries to a clear creamy white when boiled for one minute, more brown when unboiled. May be used for piupiu, although the para is inclined to adhere, but it dries hard and strong.Rene's friend from this area sent a telegram to tell her she had sent the plant - LeftDoubleQuoteAte flax sent todayRightDoubleQuote. The Post Office assuming a spelling error changed it to LeftDoubleQuoteEight flax sent todayRightDoubleQuote!
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to C
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