Plant - Specimen details

Plant - Specimen details

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Catalogue Number: 71812

Plant Name 88.00 COMPOSITAE Raoulia mammillaris Entry Book Number 42.1924
Artefact Name Plant Vernacular Name
Iso Country New Zealand TDWG Region New Zealand
Parts Held Plant Geography Description New Zealand, Southern Alps, Mount St. Bernard
Uses PlantUse: User: Not defined TDWG use
Storage Large shelving Related Items
Donor Donor No
Donor Date 30/07/1924 Donor Notes
Collector Wall A, Canterbury Museum Collector No
Collection Notes Collection Date
Exhibition Expedition
Number Components Publication
Notes: Label source: These plants, mostly from New Zealand, grow in large tufts in mountainous areas. Each short branch is densely clothed in minute smooth or woolly leaves, with a single starry white flower in the apex of each twig. From a distance they may lo, ok very like sheep hence the name sheep plant or vegetable sheep.

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