New Zealand Plants

DSC_8615 These introduced wild flowers which love disturbed stony soils with lots of sunlight, could almost be from a painting by Monet. They include the tiny, rusty-red flowerheads of Sheep's sorrel (Acetosa acetosella), pale green and lemon flowered Woolly mullein (Verbascum thapsus), and blue Viper's bugloss (Echium vulgare), naturalised on Molesworth Station *

DSC8615introducedwild flowerspaintingMonetSheep's sorrelAcetosaacetosellaWoolly mulleinVerbascumthapsusViper's buglossEchiumvulgarenaturalisedMolesworth Station