Natural Science Specimen
Natural Science Specimen
Classifier
Scientific Name
Setaria viridis (L.) P.Beauv.
Classification
Family
Genus
Species
Specimen Category
Storage Method
Field Collection Place
Locality Description
New Zealand, North Island, Manawatu Region, Whanganui, Taupo Quay beside Castlecliff branchline railway
Field Collection Date
09 Feb 2015
Field Collection Notes
Occasional, in railway ballast - coarse gravel within dense sward of S. gacilis & Digitaria sanguinalis. Sheaths markedly keeled, ciliate margins. Spikelets falling intact (or just the upper part of each)? 2-3 bristles per spikelet. leaves finely scabrid above, smooth below.
Field Collector
Field Collection latitude/longitude
-39.94139, 175.04333
175.04333, 175.04333
Last Update
16 May 2017
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