New Zealand Native Plants
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Carmichaelia williamsii
broom, maukoro, Williams Broom, Giant-flowered broom

Endemic to northern New Zealand from the northern offshore islands to East Cape. Only two sites are on the mainland. Found in open forest or scrub on steep coastal sites.

A shrub up to 4 m tall with distinctive flattened, grooved yellow-green branchlets, 8–12 mm wide. Leaves only occur on young or shaded plants. Flowers occur in clusters of up to six, each flower up to 30 mm long. Petals are yellowish with purple or red veins. Pods are dark brown-black, up to 30 mm long; seeds orange-red, often mottled with black splotches. Flowering and fruiting occurs throughout the year.

This is the only yellow-flowered native New Zealand broom.

(description - NZPCN)

Myosotidium hortensia
Chatham Island forget-me-not, kopakopa, kopukapuka

Endemic to the Chatham Islands. Found on the main islands and some islets. Habitat - coastal cliffs, rock outcrops, sandy and rocky beaches just above the strand zone and coastal forest openings.

Glossy-leaved megaherb forming clumps and (given the chance) extensive patches. Stout cylindric rootstocks. Flowers are pale blue, rarely white, ageing to lilac and arranged in dense clusters. Flowers from September to October

(description - NZPCN)

Libertia ixioides
NZ iris, mikoikoi

Asplenium oblongifolium
shining spleenwort

Endemic. Kermadec, Three Kings, North, South, and Chatham Islands. In the South Island known from the Marlborough sounds south to Hokitika and Banks Peninsula.

Celmisia angustifolia
strap-leaved daisy

Fuchsia excorticata
tree Fuchsia, kotukutuku, giant Fuchsia

Corokia cotoneaster
wire-netting bush, korokio