Banks Peninsula, Charteris Bay, Orton Bradley Park
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.6593 172.703
Verbatim locality:
Banks Peninsula, Charteris Bay, Orton Bradley Estate
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 32/05
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
31 May 2005
Start date:
2005-05-31
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Sheltered rock bank in semi-shade; cultivated.
Notes:
Succulent herb with lax stems, red-flushed on exposed side. Leaves to c. 4.5 x 1.2 cm, ± oblanceolate, green excepting margin being reddish distally, strongly ciliolate. Bracts strongly reducing on the long peduncle. Sepals 2.5-3 mm long, lanceolate. Petals 6.5-7 mm long, ± oblong-obovate, white, recurving in distall half. Stamens c. 6 mm long, with white filaments and yellow anthers. Styles < stamens, becoming crimson. Scales c. 0.5 mm long, yellow, ± obcuneate, emarginate. An early winter or late autumn - flowering plant. Cultivated as this species sometimes.