CHR 660406 – Senecio sylvaticus L.
Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Barcode:
CHR 660406
Specimen type:
Sheet
Database record added:
29 September 2020
Database record updated:
18 June 2022
Components
Primary component
Active identification
Determined name:
Senecio sylvaticus L.
Determiner:
H.G. Maule
Identification date:
2020-09-30 (Verbatim: 30 Sept 2020)
Preferred name:
Senecio sylvaticus L.
Division:
Spermatophyta
Class:
Magnoliopsida
Order:
Asterales
Family:
Asteraceae
Identification type:
Determination
Other identifications
Identification
Determined name:
Compositae Family
Determiner:
JRK
Identification date:
1948-02 (Verbatim: February [1948])
Preferred name:
Compositae Giseke
Active:
no
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Fireweed
Collection events
Primary collection event
Standard locality
Location:
Lincoln University, Lincoln
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.644 172.466
Verbatim locality:
C.A.C. [Canterbury Agriculture College]
Verbatim collector:
JRK
Standardised collector:
JRk
Verbatim date:
February [1948]
Start date:
1948-02
Country:
New Zealand
Land District:
Canterbury Land District
Native lands:
Ngāi Tahu
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.645941 172.462302
Notes:
Commonly found on waysides usually comes in abundance after bush burns. The cause of rapid growth of this plant after burning bush can be accounted for by the seeds which have collected in the bush for 10 to 20 years being droped on to the soil & growing.
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.
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