Data provider:
Allan Herbarium
Database record added:
02 August 2023
Database record updated:
11 March 2025
Determined name:
Craspedia blepharia Breitw. & Courtney
Determiner:
I. Breitwieser
Identification date:
2024-10 (Verbatim: Oct 2024)
Preferred name:
Craspedia blepharia Breitw. & Courtney
Identification type:
Determination
Note:
Breitwieser, I., & Courtney, S. P. (2024). NZ J Bot, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825X.2024.2418004
Determined name:
Craspedia
Determiner:
I. Breitwieser
Identification date:
2023-02-07 (Verbatim: 7 Feb 2023)
Preferred name:
Craspedia G.Forst.
Identification type:
Determination
Collection event type:
Field
Location:
Garibaldi Ridge, Kahurangi National Park
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-41.236429 172.394753
Verbatim locality:
North-West Nelson, Kahurangi National Park, Garibaldi Ridge
Verbatim collector:
I. Breitwieser IB 2409, R.W. Vogt, S. Courtney, L. Parks
Standardised collector:
Ilse Breitwieser; Rainer W. Vogt; Shannel P. Courtney; Laura Parks
Collectors reference no.:
IB 2409
Verbatim date:
7 Feb 2023
Land District:
Nelson Land District
Te Atiawa o Te Waka-a-Māui
Georeferences:
Latitude and Longitude (WGS84):
-41.23674 172.40944
Habitat:
in sinkhole, on the very steep side, quite moist, in direct contact with limestone substrate
Notes:
Craspedia "Garibaldi" (Druce 1992 & 1993); flowering and beyond flowering; corolla white; tendency to form "mats" of rosettes down the limestone surface, probably associated with almost hydroponic-style watering that it gets from surface water flow; occupies N & S facing sites; in sinkholes in this area are also two other Craspedia: IB 2410 [CHR 668928] Craspedia lanata var elongata and IB 2411 "long hairs" (Druce 1992 & 1993) [IB 2411 no voucher, collected only for cultivation]
Observed species:
Aciphylla polita
Anaphalioides bellidioides
Astelia graminea
Astelia petriei
Brachyglottis lagopus
Voucher (DNA):
DNA Voucher
Type:
HOLOTYPE of Craspedia blepharia Breitw. & Courtney, NZ J Bot, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1080/0028825X.2024.2418004
PA Greer, Oct 2024