Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Veronica peregrina peregrina L.
Classification
Family
Genus
Subname
peregrina
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Manawatu Ecological Region, Manawatu Plains Ecological District, near Rangitaikei River, by North Island Main Trunk rail, Kakariki
Field Collection Date
03 Nov 2003
Field Collection Notes
In railway ballast of rail siding, in damp hollow in gravel. Dominant plant in area 2m x1m, surrounded by sparse Veronica anagallis-aquatica, V. arvensis, Ornithopus pinnatus, Trifolium dubium. Sepals > corolla; corolla white, lobes up to 1mm long. Plants annual glabrous, lower leaves ovate-spathulate, very obscurely toothed. All Veronica sp. plants at this site had shrivelled by 18 Dec 2003
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-40.11667, 175.43333
175.43333, 175.43333
Last Update
22 Nov 2016
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