CHR 619048 – Polygala myrtifolia L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 619048
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
03 April 2012
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Polygala myrtifolia L.
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2011-04-10 (Verbatim: 10 Apr 2011)
Preferred name:
Polygala myrtifolia L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Polygalales
Family:
Polygalaceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Picton, Waikawa Road
Verbatim locality:
Picton, Waikawa Road
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 9/11
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
10 Apr 2011
Start date:
2011-04-10
Land District:
Marlborough Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Roadside verge, low scrub.
Notes:
Small shrub < 1 m high (young presumably). Leaves dense and ± sloping forward. Flowers with petaloid wings c. 1.5 x 1.2 cm broad ovate with subcordate base, ± green outside with prominent fine purplish veining; inside cream except for rosy-purple margin. Keel petal 1.2-1.3 cm long, white except for upturned purple apex; crest white. Very few plants. An escape from a nearby garden.
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