New Zealand Plants

DSC_0632 Chatham Islands Sow-thistle (Sonchus grandifolia) flowerheads. This giant endemic thistle can reach over 1.5m in height, with leaves a metre long. Superficially resembling puha, it has its own species of 'rust' - Embergeria Rust (Puccinia embergeriae) which is one of the rarest fungi in the world. Kaingaroa Dunes, Chatham Islands *

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DSC_0632 Chatham Islands Sow-thistle (Sonchus grandifolia) flowerheads. This giant endemic thistle can reach over 1.5m in height, with leaves a metre long. Superficially resembling puha, it has its own species of 'rust' - Embergeria Rust (Puccinia embergeriae) which is one of the rarest fungi in the world. Kaingaroa Dunes, Chatham Islands *

Embergeria megaherb