DSC_30505 Weeping matipo (Myrsine divaricata) a small tree subjected to southerly gales on a subantarctic island. Matipo is a common tall shrub throughout NZ, with twigs often curved downwards, and bearing small heart-shaped spotted leaves that have a dark blotch at the base. Enderby Island, Auckland Islands Group *
11009-31003 Small-leaved coprosma (Coprosma propinqua) wind-shorn shrubs on the Otago Peninsula *
DSC_30809 Kaiwhiria (Parsonsia capsularis var. rosea) typical pale pink flowers of this morph. One of two native climbers with the common name 'New Zealand jasmine'. The other species Akakiore (Parsonsia heterophylla) has broader ovate adult leaves and generally white or cream flowers, though both species are inclined to be quite variable.This beautiful form was photographed in the wild, growing through Coprosma crassifolia in Canterbury *
