CHR 594688 E – Phormium tenax 'Atarau'
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 594688 E
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
06 February 2008
Database record updated:
07 April 2015
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Phormium tenax 'Atarau'
Determiner:
Sue Scheele
Identification date:
Preferred name:
Phormium tenax 'Atarau'
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. 12.Source: Pipiriki, Whanganui River.Description: A handsome bush, quite a contrast with a distinctive deep blue tone about its tall bright bronzy leaves. Straight, strong, pointed leaf with red tonings inside the old blades. Very blue bloom on the back of the blades. Red flowers. Scapes erect, thick. Fat seed pods in tight clusters. Uses: Strips well and fairly easily, but not really a muka flax. When Rene experimented with this flax, the scrape turned a lovely yellow-gold the same day. When boiled for one minute, dries to deep green/fawn shadings. Fawn-brown when unboiled.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to E
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