Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.645941 172.462302
Notes:
Scotch thistle is also called spear thistle. This exceeding common weed is a biennial. In its first season it produces a rosette of dissected shiny leaves, and in the second year a branched spring flower stalk ending in cluster of purple flowers the heads of which are up to 1 1/2 " [inches] in diameter.
Specimen notes
Supplementary remarks:
Canterbury Agriculture College is now known as Lincoln University.
Herbarium history:
This collection is part of a collection given to the Allan Herbarium via Laurence Smith (Amberly office, Environment Canterbury). This was given to L. Smith in the early 1990's by someone in Port Robinson, Cheviot. The collection is believed to have been collected in 1948, based on several specimens with fully written dates in the collection.