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Purple Foxglove (Digitalis purpurea)Observer
karenadrianaDescription
Herbaceous. Leaf alternately arranged, rosulate at base.
Flowers purple, tube-shaped with many spots inside.
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Little Hard Fern (Blechnum penna-marina)Observer
karenadrianaDescription
Creeping rhizomes. Fertile fronds are erect and have a reddish-brown color
whereas non-fertile fronds are green to yellow-green and not erect. They are one of the smallest ferns in New Zealand.
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Observer
karenadrianaDescription
Matt forming subshrub. purple-red fruits. Leaves are hairy and densely packed.
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Colenso's Mingimingi (Acrothamnus colensoi)Observer
karenadrianaDescription
Low-growing shrub. Alternate leaf arrangement. caudate leaf apex, glabrous, pale yellow margin. Superior ovary, fruit colour orange.
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Common Tree Daisy (Olearia arborescens)Observer
karenadrianaDescription
Shrub or tree up to 4 m tall. Leaves are coriaceous on the top surface and more velvety on the bottom surface. Conspicuous reddish-brown mid-vein also at the bottom surface.
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Alpine Crane's Bill (Geranium brevicaule)Observer
karenadrianaDescription
Herbaceous and low-growing. Palmate leaves, long hairs on the surface, also textured. Flower white to red, with very open petals.
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Mountain Snowberry (Gaultheria depressa)Observer
karenadrianaDescription
Low-growing shrub. Alternate and decussate leaf arrangement, the surface of the leaves is coriaceous. Dark hairs on twigs and petioles are often reddish brown. Berries are white to red.
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Observer
karenadrianaDescription
Herbaceous. Black stem, leaves can be red or green, opposite to alternate leaf arrangement. Very conspicuous mid-vein. Toothed margins. Flowers are notched.
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South Island Edelweiss (Leucogenes grandiceps)Observer
karenadrianaDescription
Herbaceous. Leaves rosulate at the base, mostly overlapping throughout the stem. Flowerhead of flowerheads, white and yellow color.
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Observer
karenadrianaDescription
Found in rocky subalpine land.
Shrub that can reach up to 1m tall or more. Erect and has many branches with needle-like leaves. Solitary flowers. Sepals are either equal or longer than the corolla tube.