Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Scabiosa atropurpurea L.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Auckland Ecological Region, Rodney Ecological District, Mahurangi Regional Park West, east end of Otuawao (Meter) Bay
Field Collection Date
01 Jan 1994
Field Collection Notes
Locally abundant on coastal sandstone cliff of
sparse exotic grasses. Flowers white and very pale
pink (dark purple very rare at this site). 200 m to
the east the abundances are reversed (AK 2185740).
"Plants still present with Erigeron karvinskianus & Linum trigynum: EKC, Jan 2013
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-36.5, 174.71667
174.71667, 174.71667
Last Update
21 Nov 2016
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