Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-44.213028 169.877872
Verbatim locality:
Lake Ohau Road Side.(Ben Ohau range). Glen Lyon Road out of Twizel follows power plant water canal. Follow canal to gravel road around Lake Ohau.
Verbatim collector:
C Bush & S Wagstaff 463
Standardised collector:
C. Bush; S. J. Wagstaff
Verbatim date:
April 6 2008
Start date:
2008-04-06
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
44°16.226´ S 169°55.372´ E (WGS84 -44.270433 169.922867)
Abundance:
Common
Altitudes:
from 521m
Habitat:
Open and sunny flat area above roadside. Very exposed. Not many shrubs in this area: some grasses, scattered small Rosa and Discaria.
Abundance:
Common
Notes:
This is a putative hybrid between Gaultheria crassa and Gaultheria parvula. ~15 cm. Reddish branchlets. Thick red petioles. Short congested racemes. Small white berry. Large white/speckled pink fleshy calyx. Old fruits remain on plant. Plants do not look very healthy.