CHR 603189 A – Tropaeolum tuberosum Ruiz & Pav.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 603189 A
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
11 November 2008
Database record updated:
11 November 2008
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Tropaeolum tuberosum Ruiz & Pav.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2003-05-11 (Verbatim: 11 May 2003)
Preferred name:
Tropaeolum tuberosum Ruiz & Pav.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Geraniales
Family:
Tropaeolaceae
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:
Christchurch, St Albans, Packe Street Park
Verbatim locality:
Christchurch, St Albans, Packe Street Park
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 26/03
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
11 May 2003
Start date:
2003-05-11
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Cultivated.
Notes:
Rampant vine climbing to nearly 3 m, very frost sensitive and thus dying down to ground level in winter. Tubers white with horizontal grooves; appearance and taste much like oca (Oxalistuberosa). Flowers appearing in April; pedicels often > petioles and thus flowers held beyond foliage. Flowers ± declined or horizontal, 3-3.5 cm including calyx spur, deep orange. Petals 1.2-1.4 x c. 1 cm, broad obovate with tapered base, with dark purple markings inside originating from a basal point. Filaments pink, < petals. Does not fruit.
Specimen notes
Subsheet:
Sheets A to B
Duplicates
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DAO:
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