Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Thunbergia grandiflora Roxb.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Auckland Ecological Region, Tamaki Ecological District, Auckland City, Mt Albert, near Baldwin Ave Railway Station, western railway line
Field Collection Date
13 Apr 2008
Field Collection Notes
A large vine trailing through railway scoria, trackside rank growth and up a large Pittosporum eugenioides. Cultivated in an adjacent garden and this gathering probably arose from discarded garden waste (waste piles common within rank trackside growth). Flowers pale to dark blue with white markings on corolla tube and lobes.
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Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-36.87944, 174.72111
174.72111, 174.72111
Last Update
22 Nov 2016
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