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Smooth Mat Daisy (Raoulia glabra)Observer
pryderiDescription
Prostrate shrub, forming mats.
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Yellow Cushionplant (Phyllachne colensoi)Observer
pryderiDescription
Tiny flowers, dense green matt of leaves.
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New Zealand Harebell (Wahlenbergia albomarginata)Observer
pryderiDescription
Single flower, 5 petals, 5 stamen.. Long thin stem (this specimen 8cm long)
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Raoulia haastiiObserver
pryderiDescription
Forms dense mats. ASTERACEAE family. Found on a riverbed.
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South Island Edelweiss (Leucogenes grandiceps)Observer
pryderiDescription
Small greyish white shrub (in this case about 70cm in diameter). Hairy felt like leaves and stem. Found above the snowline.
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Observer
pryderiDescription
Prostrate shrub found on riverbank. Creamy coloured flowers. This plant about 30cm in diameter.
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Mountain Snowberry (Gaultheria depressa)Observer
pryderiDescription
White and red fruit. Prostrate shrub, woody stems.
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Carpet Heath (Pentachondra pumila)Observer
pryderiDescription
Small prostrate shrub. Red fruit.
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Whipcord Hebe (Veronica lycopodioides)Observer
pryderiDescription
Woody shrub, Decussate whipcord like leaves.
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Tauhinu (Ozothamnus leptophyllus)Observer
pryderiDescription
Woody Shrub. Golden underside of leaves. White umbel flowers. ASTERACEAE family.
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Rushes (Genus Juncus)Observer
pryderiDescription
Linear hollow stems with pith. JUNCACEAE family. Spikelet showing awns and florets. Spear like apex .
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Cotton Daisy (Celmisia spectabilis)Observer
pryderiDescription
Herb. White hairy undersides of leaves. Leaves in a basal rosette.
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Bog Pine (Halocarpus bidwillii)Observer
pryderiPlace
New Zealand, South Island, Canterbury, Temple Basin. About 100m from the Eastern most carpark. (Google, OSM)Description
Tree. Gymnosperm. Whipcord like leaves. Decussate leaves.
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Prickly Shield Fern (Polystichum vestitum)Observer
pryderiDescription
Fern. Fertile underside with spores. Compound opposite leaves.
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Mountain Toatoa (Phyllocladus alpinus)Observer
pryderiDescription
Tree, branches have evolved into leave like structures. Branches opposite.
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New Zealand Everlastingflower (Anaphalioides bellidioides)Observer
pryderiDescription
ASTERACEAE family. Herb. About 5-10cm tall.
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Scarlet Snowberry (Gaultheria crassa)Observer
pryderiDescription
Small prostrate shrub ( in this case about 70cm across). Alternate leaves
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Snow Totara (Podocarpus nivalis)Observer
pryderiDescription
Prostrate woody shrub. Leaves opposite. Fruit dark red when ripe, seed on top of fruit.
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Dwarf Bedstraw (Galium perpusillum)Observer
pryderiDescription
RUBIACEAE family. Tiny white flowers, Herbaceous plant.
