Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Sparaxis grandiflora grandiflora (D.Delaroche) Ker Gawl.
Classification
Family
Genus
Subname
grandiflora
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, [South Island], Canterbury Land District, Christchurch, Halswell, Kennedy's Bush Road
Field Collection Date
28 Oct 2009
Field Collection Notes
Cultivated on rock bank. Cormous herb forming a clump. Inflor. > leaves; rachis shining deep green or reddish-green. Bracts papery, becoming pale & translucent. Flowers slightly irregular; perianth 3-3.7 cm long, uniformly deep scarlet except for cream base & purplish band down centre of segments; latter 1-1.3 cm wide, elliptic-obovate & rounded apically. Styles pale pinkish, slightly > stamens, the latter asymmetrically arranged. Plants spreading a little.
Duplicate ex CHR (616167 A & B), received Dec 2011
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-43.61667, 172.61667 (Inf.)
172.61667, 172.61667 (Inf.)
Last Update
16 May 2017
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