Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Escallonia rigida
Classification
Family
Genus
Subname
rigida
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Gisborne Land District, Eastwoodhill Arboretum, I5, the Theatre, path above Shady Way
Field Collection Date
15 Dec 1997
Field Collection Notes
Large arching shrub, Ht ca 3m. Spread ca 4m. Very many stems arising coppice-like from ground. Old wood mid-brown, splitting, peeling in strips. Young wood reddish-brown, coarse-haired. New growth arching. Leaves sessile, dark green glossy upperside, paler, glandular underside. Margins serrate. Flowers borne mostly singly, deep pink 5-petalled opening to ca 1.4cm, 5 upright stamens with yellow-green anthers, orange style, green ovary. Lightly scented.
South side of tall forest. Partly shaded beneath tall tree.
Ex Eastwoodhill Arboretum, "EWH" 740, received Sept 2018
Specimen over two sheets A&B
DUPLICATE TO: NZFRI
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-38.56222, 177.71703 (± 50 m)
177.71703, 177.71703 (± 50 m)
Last Update
31 May 2021
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