North Island, Sounds-Wellington Ecological Region, by Point Jerningham, west of Oriental Bay
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-41.2026 174.802
Verbatim locality:
North Island, Sounds-Wellington Ecological Region, by Point Jerningham, west of Oriental Bay
Verbatim collector:
E K Cameron 11522
Standardised collector:
Ewen K. Cameron
Verbatim date:
20 Jan 2003
Start date:
2003-01-20
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Ecological District:
Wellington
Country:
New Zealand
Native lands:
Ngāti Toa Rangatira
Taranaki Whānui ki te Upoko o te Ika
Te Atiawa (Wellington)
Georeferences:
New Zealand Map Series 260:
R27 611 989 (WGS84 -41.20259 174.801875)
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
41°12´ S 174°48´ E (WGS84 -41.2 174.8)
Altitudes:
from 5m
Habitat:
Low shrubs to 40cm tall on steep coastal bank from the road upwards 10-20 m.
Notes:
Leaves pale green, in terminal rosettes, with reddish margins. Flowers: sepals 8 (green), petals 8 (pale yellow) 9.5-10.0mm long; 8-free carpels (white); stamens 16 (white) 1 whorl slightly longer than the other. Duplicate to CHR.
Specimen notes
Herbarium history:
Duplicate of AK 280145, Auckland Museum Herbarium, Auckland, New Zealand
Supplementary remarks:
Small branched shrub. Leaves concentrated in terminal rosettes; largest on specimen 5 x 2 cm, almost oblong tending slightly obovate, glaucescent, flat above and slightly keeled beneath; margins purplish-red distally. Inflor. glabrous. Sepals 2-3 mm long, triangular. Petals 7-8 mm long, elliptic-oblong, white, often with reddish markings outside. Glands translucent white, almost square.
W.R. Sykes, Feb 2008