Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.645941 172.462302
Notes:
Found in cultivated fields through out the islands. Pimpernel is becoming more aggressive in the agriculture districts, where the stubble after harvest may sometimes be found over unbroken mat of this weed. It is as well that this land be cultivated as soon as possble to prevent seeding.
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.