Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Lepidium peregrinum Thell.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
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Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Tainui Ecological Region, Kawhia Ecological District, Kawhia Harbour, Rakaunui Peninsula, Mangakara Bay, above resurgance of Cemetery Cave
Field Collection Date
27 Dec 2011
Field Collection Notes
A single large fruiting plant (stems c. 1.5-1.8 m long) growing on dry flaggy Orahiri Limestone cliff face above cave mouth. Rosette leaves withered off and plant mostly devoid of leaves being heavily in fruit. Associated with Austrostipa stipoides, Bromus wildenowii, Trisetum arduanum, Mycelis muralis and abundant Lepidium pseudotasmanicum. Site moderately shaded for most of the day.
DUPLICATE TO: CHR, WAIK
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-38.1, 174.86833
174.86833, 174.86833
Last Update
20 Aug 2020
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