Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Atriplex australasica Moq.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, Chathams Ecological Region and District, Chatham (Rekohu) Island, Wharekauri Farm Station, Cape Young
Field Collection Date
13 Jan 2006
Field Collection Notes
Occasional plants growing on heavily weathered and eroded basalt saprolite overlying basalt lava. Growth form: erect, leaves fleshy glaucous (tending toward blue), shallow lobed with lobes projecting forwards to leaf apex.
Associated with Lepidium aff. oleraceum (a), L. aff. flexicaule and L. aff. flexicaule x L. aff. oleraceum (a).
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-43.68406, -176.61615
-176.61615, -176.61615
Last Update
22 Nov 2016
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