Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.530379 172.620934
Verbatim locality:
Christchurch, Botanic Gardens
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 68/09
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
21 Nov 2009
Start date:
2009-11-21
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Cultivated in border.
Notes:
Herb forming a large dense dump; rhizomatous. Stems purple or reddish-purple and green. Leaf venation plicate. Flowers pendent. Receptacle campanulate, white. Perianth segments 9-10 mm long, triangular-oblong, whitish outside, heavily mottled dark purple within. Filaments broad and ± triangular, enveloping the white ovary and style.