New Zealand Plants

11009-19607 Coral broom (Carmichaelia crassicaulis) flowers of a rare robust twig-like shrub with erect leafless thick blunt-tipped grooved branches. It inhabits dryer well-drained sites in alpine tussock grassland. Heavy grazing by stock and introduced browsing animals these days ensures most plants never get to reach their full height of almost 2m. Rock and Pillar Range, Inland Otago *

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11009-19607 Coral broom (Carmichaelia crassicaulis) flowers of a rare robust twig-like shrub with erect leafless thick blunt-tipped grooved branches. It inhabits dryer well-drained sites in alpine tussock grassland. Heavy grazing by stock and introduced browsing animals these days ensures most plants never get to reach their full height of almost 2m. Rock and Pillar Range, Inland Otago *

11009 19607 Coral broom Carmichaelia crassicaulis Corallospartium crassicaule flowers rare robust shrub erect leafless thick blunttipped grooved branches dry alpine tussock grassland Rock and Pillar Range Inland Otago