Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Asparagus ? officinalis L.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Great Barrier Island, 254 Shoal Bay Road
Field Collection Date
01 Aug 2018
Field Collection Notes
To side off path going up to house in shade under the deck of a two story house, amongst ladder fern and oleander. Plant resprouted from tubers. Max height 2m. One plant present, not known how it arrived possibly self-seeded from larger wild plant that was dug out on upper banks a few years back.
[“It has recently had all stems (foliage still green) cut but tubers remain so will likely re-sprout.” email correspondence, 10 May 2018.]
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-36.31361, 175.49417 (± 10 m)
175.49417, 175.49417 (± 10 m)
Qualifier
sp. ?
Last Update
13 Dec 2022
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