Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Solanum americanum Mill.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Auckland Region, Rangitoto Island, gull nesting area, SE of Flax Point, c.10m from tidal area
Field Collection Date
02 Sep 2016
Field Collection Notes
Spreading form, c.60cm across, <20cm tall; leaves dark and flowers bluish. Flowers c.9mm across, anthers 1.2mm long; sepals on ripe black fruit reflexed. On bare rough scoria, black-backed gull nesting area; growing with Fumaria muralis, Oxalis pes-caprae, Cardamine ?flexuosa, Crassula decumbens, C. sieberiana and a sterile grass (Bromus?). Only one other seen in the area - same dark form
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-36.80533, 174.84347 (± 10 m)
174.84347, 174.84347 (± 10 m)
Last Update
30 Sep 2020
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