New Zealand Native Plants
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Brachyglottis repanda
rangiora, bush man's toilet paper

Endemic. North Island throughout. South Island - north west Nelson to just south of Greymouth in the west, and near Kekerengu in the east. Naturalised on Banks and Otago Peninsulas and on Stewart Island at Oban.Common in coastal, lowland and lower montane shrubland and open forest. Often a pioneer species.

Shrub to small tree up to 6 m or more tall.

(description - NZPCN)

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Sophora microphylla
Kowhai, weeping kowhai, small-leaved kowhai, South Island kowhai

Endemic. Throughout the main islands of New Zealand but scarce in parts of Northland.

Tree up to 25 m tall, usually a single trunk. Branches weeping, and spreading. Juveniles divaricating and/or strongly flexuose, and interlacing.

Can be distinguished from the other Kowhai species by the divaricating juvenile stage

(description - NZPCN)

Sophora microphylla
Kowhai, weeping kowhai, small-leaved kowhai, South Island kowhai

Sophora tetraptera - kowhai, large-leaved kowhai, North Island kowhai

Endemic. Known in a natural state only from the eastern portion of the the North Island from East Cape south to the Wairarapa, extending west toward Taihape, Lake Taupo and along the Waikato River to about Lake Karapiro. However, extensively planted outside this range and often naturalising.

Tree up to 15 m tall, trunk 0.6-1 m diam., often several arising from ground. Branches spreading, sometimes pendulous. Branchlets clad in golden yellow or grey tomentum. Juvenile plants not divaricating or flexuous, exhibiting an erect growth, non-interlacing habit from germination.

Easily distinguished from all other Kowhai species by the very large and wide grey-green leaves.

(description - NZPCN)

Hebe vernicosa
hebe species

Hebe ochracea 'James Stirling'
hebe cultivar

Leptospermum scoparium
'Wiri Sandra'
manuka cultivar

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Clianthus puniceus
kaka beak, kowhai ngutu kaka

North Island. Endemic. Exact historic range is unclear because Maori planted this species around their settlements. The only known wild population grows in short coastal scrub on talus at the base of eroding mudstone (turbidite) cliffs.

Shrub 0.8-3 m tall. Wood soft, stems "watery" easily broken. Branchlets weakly ascending. Leaflets, dull green to grey-green.

May flower throughout the year. However plants are most usually found in flower between August and January.

(description - NZPCN)

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Olearia cheesemanii streamside tree daisy, Cheesemans Tree Daisy

Endemic to the North and South Islands. In the North Island known from the Ohinemuri River south to the Tararua Ranges. In the South Island confined to North West Nelson and the vicinity of Westport near Ngakawau. Habitat - rocky river gorges in or near the flood zone.

Shrub or small tree 0.1-1(-4) m tall. Sparingly to heavily branched depending on growing situation, bark grey, flaking in long strips.

(description - NZPCN)

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