Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-43.645941 172.462302
Notes:
This plant was introduced as a hedge plant, and has become a weed under much the same circumstances as gorse. It is harder to eradicate than gorse because it is tougher to cut with the grubber, & because it will not carry fire.
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.