Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.51677 172.645022
Verbatim locality:
Christchurch, St Albans, 115 Packe Street
Verbatim collector:
W. R. Sykes 26/11
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
18 Nov 2011
Start date:
2011-11-18
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Country:
New Zealand
Habitat:
Cultivation relic.
Notes:
Herb with rhizomatous system. Basal leaves large and widespreading, glaucescent beneath; petioles pink proximally. Flowers in dense oblong heads 4-7 cm long, pink. Bracts brown. Pedicels filiform, to c. 8 mm long in lower flowers. Perianth 4-5 mm long. Filaments and style exserted; anthers tiny and white. Has persisted for some years and spread slightly.