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Yellow Cushionplant (Phyllachne colensoi)Observer
e_aDescription
Alpine shrubland.
Cushion mound-forming subshrub with short erect stems that are densely packed. Solitary white flowers.
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Mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium)Observer
e_aDescription
Subalpine scrub.
Prickly shrub with flaky grey bark. Green oval pointed leaves. Fruit a dry capsule; red when immature, grey when mature.
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Observer
e_aDescription
Subalpine shrubland, groing near stream.
Leaves numerous, arising from fan-like bases.
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Leek Orchid (Prasophyllum colensoi)Observer
e_aDescription
Subalpine tussock grassland.
Fleshy, glabrous erect orchid. Leaf shorter than raceme. 8-14 flowers fer raceme. Dorsal sepal recurved.
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Scotch Broom (Cytisus scoparius)Observer
e_aDescription
Young plant growing in scrub near Lake Sarah Kettlehole bog.
Stems bright green, angled. Young leaves 1-2 foliate, occassional tri-foliate leaves. Mature seed pods black, very hairy margins.
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Stellaria roughiiObserver
e_aDescription
Scree.
Glabrous fleshy tufted herb. Stems erect, terete. Leaves glaucous and sessile.
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Lignocarpa carnosulaObserver
e_aDescription
Scree.
Small herb, thick and fleshy, slate grey. Lamina 3 times ternately divided.
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Pterostylis oliveriObserver
e_aDescription
Subalpine Fuscospora cliffortioides forest. Growing in damp area between track and stream.
Erect, glabrous orchid. Leaves sessile, margin entire. Single green flower with white stripes. Dorsal sepal turned downward and labellum arched.
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Yellow Eyebright (Euphrasia cockayneana)Observer
e_aDescription
Sub-alpine shrubland.
Slender, erect, succulent herb 5–10 cm tall. Sparingly branched from base, branches pilose. Leaves sessile with 4 pairs of teeth, densely hairy. Flowers sessile, corolla bright yellow.
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Yellow Snow Marguerite (Dolichoglottis lyallii)Observer
e_aDescription
Subalpine shrubland, growing near stream.
Stems leafy, terminated by broad corymb. Leaves entire, glabrous. Yellow inflorescences.
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Glaucous Pirri-Pirri-Bur (Acaena caesiiglauca)Observer
e_aDescription
Alpine shrubland.
leaflets toothed, glaucous and hairy on both surfaces. Tight globose inflorescence. Fruit has spines with barbed tips.
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Creeping Wire Vine (Muehlenbeckia axillaris)Observer
e_aDescription
Sub-alpine tussock grassland.
Prostrate mat-forming shrub. Tepals succulent containing trigonous black fruit.
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Alpine Crane's Bill (Geranium brevicaule)Observer
e_aDescription
Growing in open rocky area in sub-alpine shrubland.
Compact herb, basal leaves in rosette. Leaves palmatifid and pilose. Inflorescence solitary, on short stalk.
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Observer
e_aDescription
Alpine, growing in stable scree.
Fleshy green leaves with red margin, channelled. Clusters of white flowers form at the top of erect stems.
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Cotton Daisy (Celmisia spectabilis)Observer
e_aDescription
Sub-alpine grassland.
Mat-forming daisy. Leaves glabrous upper surface, densely tomentose beneath. Solitary flower head consisting of yellow disc florets and white ray florets.
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Musk Monkeyflower (Erythranthe moschata)Observer
e_aDescription
Growing in small clumps in damp area of low growing herbs and grasses.
Glandular-hairy herb. Leaves opposite with short petiole. Solitary yellow flowers with long corolla tube and open throat.
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Pānakenake (Lobelia angulata)Observer
e_aDescription
Growing in dry kettlehole bog.
Prostrate mat-forming herb. Glabrous broadly-ovate lamina. Flowers are five-merous with the petals united into an upper three-lobed lip and lower two-lobed lip. Corolla is white with purple vein, split to the base.
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Plantago triandraObserver
e_aDescription
Dry kettlehole bog.
Leaves radical, rosulate with teeth-like lobes.
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European Blackberry Complex (Section Rubus)Observer
e_aDescription
Scrambling shrub growing in scrub near Lake Sarah.
Leaves palmate with 5 leaflets, petioles have prickles and hairs. Leaflets glabrous on upper surface, pilose on lower surface. White to pinkish-white flowers, being pollinated by honey bees. Immature fruit present.
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Hen and Chicks Fern (Asplenium bulbiferum)Observer
e_aDescription
Growing in damp understorey of mixed broadleaf forest.
Short erect rhizome. Bright green glossy fronds. Short-stalked pinnae, secondary pinnae decreasing in size from base to apex. Mature fronds have bulbils present.
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Observer
e_aDescription
Dry gravel riverbed.
Numerous wiry stems, branching from base. Stems dark with pubescent hairs. Leaves opposite on short petiole. Capsules with bands of hairs along the lines of dehiscence, appearing light and dark striped.
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Stout Dwarf Broom (Carmichaelia monroi)Observer
e_aDescription
Growing on dry riverbed.
Low growing shrub, erect flattened yellow-green branches with a blunt tip.
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Alpine Avens (Geum uniflorum)Observer
e_aDescription
Alpine tussock grassland.
Leaves glabrate with hairs around margins. Solitary white flowers.
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Carpet Heath (Pentachondra pumila)Observer
e_aDescription
Alpine tussock grassland.
Small prostrate mat-forming shrub. Coriaceous blue-green leaves. Flowers solitary, white and bearded. Fruit red, style persistent.
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Lesser New Zealand Eyebright (Euphrasia zelandica)Observer
e_aDescription
Growing in alpine scrub.
Small succulent herb. Leaves sessile with acute teeth. Upper leaf surface has short simple hairs. Flowers terminal, corolla white with yellow throat.
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Observer
e_aDescription
Pinnae widening from base, then narrowing to hard sharp point. Umbels large, on branched peduncles.
Growing on edge of stream in alpine tussock grassland.
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Common Strap Fern (Notogrammitis billardierei)Observer
e_aDescription
Growing in damp mossy hummock at base of a mature Fuscospora cliffortioides.
Lamina coriaceous. Short hairs sparse on lamina margin, absent on midrib.
Sori oblong, in upper and middle part of frond, 16 pairs.
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Observer
e_aDescription
Broad oval leaf, short hairs on upper surface. Petioles hairy.
Growing under canopy of Fuscospora cliffortioides forest, damp area close to stream.