Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Tradescantia aff. fluminensis Vell.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, [South Island], Canterbury Land District, Banks Peninsula, Charteris Bay, Orton Bradley Estate
Field Collection Date
15 Nov 2008
Field Collection Notes
Rhododendron garden, shade beneath shrubs. Semi-spontaneous. Sprawling herb with decumbent to suberect stems, purple & shining, glabrous. Leaves to 5-(7)-2-(4) cm, ovate, acute to short acuminate, shining to nearly dull green above, ± shining beneath & green & often purplish-tinged; basal petiolar sheath purplish & ciliate. Flowers white, in small clusters. Sepals 4-5 mm long, green, equal or nearly so, ovate or narrow-ovate. Pedicels to 1.8 cm long, shining purple, glabrate or ± glandular-pilose distally, ± curving downwards when young. Petals 6-8-4-5 mm, broad ovate, obtuse. Stamens 4-5 mm long; filaments white; anthers yellow. Filament basal hair tuft nearly = gilament; hairs septate. A small patch.
Duplicate ex CHR (610457), received Dec 2011
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-43.662, 172.71492 (Inf.)
172.71492, 172.71492 (Inf.)
Qualifier
sp. aff.
Last Update
16 May 2017
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