Hawaiian Ecosystems at Risk project (HEAR) Sphagneticola trilobata (Asteraceae)
herbarium voucher specimen from Rarotonga Island
(Southern Cook Islands/Cook Islands/Pacific region)


Presented here is information about a herbarium specimen (voucher) of Sphagneticola trilobata (Asteraceae) from Rarotonga Island (Southern Cook Islands/Cook Islands/Pacific region). For further information, contact webmaster@hear.org.


Voucher number: BISH0000665083
Herbarium (or collector): Bishop Museum
Taxon name on voucher: Wedelia trilobata (L.) Hitchc.
Represents which PIER taxon: Sphagneticola trilobata (Asteraceae)
Local name: n/a
Info current as of: 01 October 2003
PIER comments: n/a
Local name language: n/a
Deteriminer: W.R. Sykes
Determination date: 9.ii.1990
Determination institution: ' (')
Region: East Polynesia
Country: Cook Islands
Island group: n/a
Island: Rarotonga
State/province: n/a
Town/city: n/a
Locality: near Turoa Valley, garden by Ara Tapu.
PIER location: Rarotonga Island (Southern Cook Islands/Cook Islands/Pacific region)
Habitat: Garden. Large bed beneath high canopy of ornamental trees.
Elevation (lo/hi): (n/a)
Coordinates: n/a
LAT/LON method: n/a
PLDesc: Stems decumbent, i.e. ascending to flower. Plant forming a dense mat of many square metres. Capitula c.3.5cm across. Rays golden, c.1.5cm long, toothed.
Collector: Sykes, W.R.
Collection team: n/a
CollNumber: 467850
Collection date(s): 9.ii.1990
Voucher comment: Spreading from cultivation site.

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