New Zealand Plants

DSC_6273 Puha (Sonchus kirkii) flower and buds. Today puha is usually only found around the coast, growing on cliff faces and in damp seepages, in areas less suited to faster growing introduced weeds. This large, robust native milk thistle probably once occupied a far wide range of habitats, but has retreated almost everywhere except on offshore islands. Otago Peninsula *

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DSC_6273 Puha (Sonchus kirkii) flower and buds. Today puha is usually only found around the coast, growing on cliff faces and in damp seepages, in areas less suited to faster growing introduced weeds. This large, robust native milk thistle probably once occupied a far wide range of habitats, but has retreated almost everywhere except on offshore islands. Otago Peninsula *

native sow thistle