Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.735445 -176.268167
Verbatim locality:
Kaingaroa
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 180/07
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
1 Dec 2007
Start date:
2007-12-01
Land District:
Wellington Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Sand dunes just above rubbish dump.
Notes:
Large herb with short very stout stems and roots, forming large clumps. Leaves rather thick and undulate, ± shining above, paler beneath; marginal teeth softly spiny; midrib broad and pale. Capitula 4-4.5 cm across the flat top & including the spreading pink-flushed rays. Central florets tubular & purple, small. Phyllaries with prominent ± toothed keel. Locally very common.