Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Calamintha nepeta (L.) Savi
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, Christchurch, Patten Street
Field Collection Date
15 Mar 1997
Field Collection Notes
Sprawling herb, aromatic with a dense mass of
flowering branches. Leaves very thin. Flowers pale
mauve with purplish spots inside; corolla c.12mm
long to apex of the more or less straight,
emarginate upper lip; lateral branches of lower lip
rounded; middle lobe broad and emarginate. Style
branches very unequal
Duplicate of CHR 513278
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-43.58333, 172.75 (c.)
172.75, 172.75 (c.)
Last Update
22 Nov 2016
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