CHR 654491 – Cuphea hyssopifolia Kunth
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 654491
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
19 September 2018
Database record updated:
31 January 2019
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Cuphea hyssopifolia Kunth
Determiner:
W.R. Sykes
Identification date:
2002-03-08 (Verbatim: 8 Mar 2002)
Preferred name:
Cuphea hyssopifolia Kunth
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Myrtales
Family:
Lythraceae
Identification type:
Determination
Collection events
Primary collection event
Collection event type:
Field
Standard locality
Location:
Tupapa, Kiikii Motel
Verbatim locality:
Tupapa, near Kiikii Motel.
Verbatim collector:
W.R. Sykes 5413/CI
Standardised collector:
William R. Sykes
Verbatim date:
8 Mar 2002
Start date:
2002-03-08
Country:
Cook Islands
Land District:
Rarotonga
Habitat:
Growing by wall.
Notes:
Herb 20-23 cm high with broad fans of distichous branches and distichous shining leaves. Flowers 1-2 per node. Calyx tube c. 5 mm long, ribbed; lobes very short, reddish-pink. Corolla lobes 4-5 mm long, broad elliptic, deep pink with darker midrib and main veins, somewhat crumpled. Stamens included. Possibly self sown. Cultivated?
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