CHR 596534 – Gaultheria macrostigma (Colenso) D.J.Middleton
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 596534
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
16 April 2008
Database record updated:
24 February 2023
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Gaultheria macrostigma (Colenso) D.J.Middleton
Determiner:
C Bush & S Wagstaff
Identification date:
2008-04-03 (Verbatim: April 3 2008)
Preferred name:
Gaultheria macrostigma (Colenso) D.J.Middleton
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Ericales
Family:
Ericaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Peter's Pool, Franz Josef Glacier (Douglas Trail)
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.42 170.172
Verbatim locality:
Peter's Pool, Franz Josef Glacier (Douglas Trail).
Verbatim collector:
C Bush & S Wagstaff 456
Standardised collector:
C. Bush; S. J. Wagstaff
Verbatim date:
April 3 2008
Start date:
2008-04-03
Land District:
Westland Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
43°25.2´ S 170°10.302´ E (WGS84 -43.42 170.1717)
Abundance:
Occasional
Altitudes:
from 223m
Habitat:
Mossy, wet, sinking area around Peter's pool. Flat area. Gaultheria rupestris also found in surrounding wet, swampy areas off same trail.
Abundance:
Occasional
Notes:
30 cm high, scrambling close to ground in vegetation. Reddish brown branchlets. Leaves green/reddish brown. Solitary, axillary bright pink berry with calyx that is also pink and fleshy near base (lobes of fleshiness). Immature calyx has a fleshy base but the calyx is green with red/brown sepal lobe tips.
Observed species:
Griselinia littoralis
Pseudopanax
Gaultheria rupestris
Phormium tenax
Coprosma
Cortaderia
Olearia colensoi
Pseudopanax
Gaultheria rupestris
Phormium tenax
Coprosma
Cortaderia
Olearia colensoi
Specimen notes
Voucher:
DNA voucher
Duplicates
WFU:
CAS:
Permissions
Project permits
Biocultural (BC) Notice
