Dahlia excelsa

Haywards Hill, Upper Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 02/06/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Haywards Hill, Upper Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 02/06/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Plimmerton, Porirua.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 01/06/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Plimmerton, Porirua.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 01/06/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Plimmerton, Porirua.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 01/06/2006, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Dahlia excelsa.<br>Photographer: Peter J. de Lange, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0'>CC BY-NC</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Hutt River Trail near Belmont, Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 16/06/2011, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Hutt River Trail near Belmont, Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 16/06/2011, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Hutt River Trail near Belmont, Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 16/06/2011, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Hutt River Trail near Belmont, Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 16/06/2011, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Hutt River Trail near Belmont, Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 16/06/2011, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

Hutt River Trail near Belmont, Lower Hutt.<br>Photographer: Jeremy R. Rolfe, Date taken: 16/06/2011, Licence: <a target='_blank' href='https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0'>CC BY</a>. <a class='member-message' href='/nzpcn/why-join-nzpcn/' target='_blank'>Members can view a larger version of this image.</a>

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Common names

tree dahlia

Biostatus

Exotic

Category

Vascular

Structural class

Trees & Shrubs - Dicotyledons

Flower colours

Red/Pink

Conservation status

Not applicable

Detailed taxonomy

Family

Asteraceae

Authority

Dahlia excelsa Benth.

Ecology

Year naturalised

1984

Origin

Mexico, C. America, Colombia

Other information

Etymology

dahlia: Named after Andrea Dahl (1751-1789), a Swedish botanist and pupil of Linnaeus

excelsa: Tall

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