CHR 594684 C – Phormium tenax 'Taniwha'
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 594684 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 'Taniwha'
Determiner:
Sue Scheele
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Phormium tenax '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:
11/12/01
Start date:
2001-12-11
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Notes:
Lincoln cultivar ex Rene Orchiston Collection, Hexton, Gisborne. Orchiston ID No. 8.Source: Waiomatatini, East Coast. From the garden of the late Sir Apirana Ngata.Description: A handsome bronze coloured flax. Deep brown tones with crimson, almost translucent margins and markings along centre of blades. Sometimes known as the Blue Flax because of the distinct purply blue bloom on the underside of the leaves and on the kōrari. The young flower stems on one small bush were almost navy-blue. Korari semi-lax, slender, wavy. Dark red flowers with inner tepal tips greenish. Seed pods long, very narrow, becoming papery with age. Uses: OrnamentalEmDashmainly for garden display. Contrasts well when planted among other cultivars.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to C
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