Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.309377 171.632037
Verbatim locality:
Red Hill, between Lakes Lyndon and Coleridge
Verbatim collector:
I. Breitwieser IB2345; R.W. Vogt; K. Ford
Standardised collector:
Ilse Breitwieser; Rainer W. Vogt; Kerry A. Ford
Verbatim date:
24 Jan 2020
Start date:
2020-01-24
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.32399600 171.64309700
Abundance:
Local
Altitudes:
from 996m
Habitat:
Limestone slope between Red Hill and Boundary Hill, south facing.
Abundance:
Local
Notes:
The craspedias occur only on this bare limestone slope. IB 2345 [CHR 659759] and IB 2346 [CHR 659760] are sympatric. The leaves of IB 2345 are green, no woolly trichomes, while the leaves of IB 2346 are lanate. Both species have yellow corollas. The species with lanate leaves (IB 2346) just started to flower, while the species with green leaves (IB 2345) was in full flower. The species with green leaves (IB 2345) has distinct dark red scapes.