CHR 616191 – Carpobrotus edulis (L.) N.E.Br.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 616191
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
12 July 2011
Database record updated:
04 October 2011
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Carpobrotus edulis (L.) N.E.Br.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2009-05-31 (Verbatim: 31 May 2009)
Preferred name:
Carpobrotus edulis (L.) N.E.Br.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Caryophyllales
Family:
Aizoaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Canterbury, Christchurch, Sumner
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.5697 172.765
Verbatim locality:
Port Hills, Sumner, near Shag Rock
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 54/09
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
31 May 2009
Start date:
2009-05-31
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Roadside by coast, in sandy soil.
Notes:
Trailing succulent plant forming dense mat, prostrate except for flowering shoots. Leaves 7- c. 11 x 1.2-2 cm across adaxial face. Sepals very unequal, to c. 5 cm long and 2.7-3 cm across base of outer ones (i.e. across receptacle apex); keel acute. Petals usually 3.2- c. 4.5 cm long, shining pale yellow. Flower c. 8 cm across open corolla. Stamens with orange filaments & yellow anthers. Styles c. 7 mm long, c. 1 mm across, dull pale yellow.
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