Vegetable Sheep - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 61602 | |||||
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Plant Name | 88.00 COMPOSITAE Raoulia mamillaria | Entry Book Number | 56:1873 | |
| Artefact Name | Vegetable Sheep | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | New Zealand | TDWG Region | New Zealand | ||
| Parts Held | Vegetable Sheep | Geography Description | New Zealand, Alps of Canterbury, Mount Torlesse | ||
| Uses | Vegetable SheepUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Bottles, boxes etc | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Dr Haast FRS | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 06/06/1873 | Donor Notes | |||
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| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
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| Notes: | Label source: The Vegetable Sheep of the New Zealand Shepherds. This curious plant, which is allied to Gnaphalium, forms masses on the bare mountain tops, sp closely resembling sheep at a very short distance that the most experienced shepherds are oftend, eceived by their appearance. Examined and verified by Sir Joseph Hooker Dec. 1881. | ||||
| Determinations: | 88.00 COMPOSITAE Raoulia mamillaria Hk.f. 88.00 COMPOSITAE Raoulia eximia H.k.fil. | ||||