Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Sedum spurium M.Bieb.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, South Island, Canterbury Plains Ecological Region, Low Plains Ecological District, St Albans, 115 Packe Street
Field Collection Date
12 Feb 2007
Field Collection Notes
Cultivation relic, sheltered rock garden on Oamaru limestone. Trailing succulent herb; stems rooting at nodes, only decumbent and turning upwards distally. Leaves flat, ± shining above, tending to form terminal rosettes, rather light green even when in sunlight except sometimes the pink lower surfaces. Cymes of ± secund erect flowers. Sepals c.6mm long, narrow linear-lanceolate, light ± brownish-green. Petals 1.2-1.4 x c.0.3cm, narrow oblong-lanceolate, pale pink (at least in upper 2/3rds. Stamens much < petals); filaments white; anthers deep orange-red: Glands short & broad, concave. First occasion when flowers produced I think. Almost certainly from the same stock as Sykes 68/96 originally collected wild near Nugget Point, S. Otago. Duplicate exchange from: CHR (CHR 606095), received May 2010
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-43.51667, 172.63333
172.63333, 172.63333
Last Update
09 Aug 2017
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