DSC_5138 Mountain ribbonwood (Hoheria glabrata) summer flowers and bright green foliage on an avalanche slip. This is one of our very few native trees that is completely deciduous in winter. Gertrude Valley, Fiordland *
DSC_9358 Native hibiscus, or puarangi (Hibiscus richardsonii) cream-flowered form. An annual to short-lived perennial herb that is nationally critically endangered in the wild. It is extremely vulnerable to browsing by stock, and is easily smothered by vigorous introduced weeds. It now remains in only a few isolated pockets of recently disturbed coastal habitat, around cliffs, slips and petrel colonies, from Te Paki eastward to Hicks Bay, including Great Barrier and Mayor (Tuhua) Islands. It is also native to New South Wales in eastern Australia. Te Paki *
DSC_5121 Native hibiscus, or puarangi (Hibiscus richardsonii) white-flowered form. An annual to short-lived perennial herb that is nationally critically endangered in the wild. It is extremely vulnerable to browsing by stock, and is easily smothered by vigorous introduced weeds. It now remains in only a few isolated pockets of recently disturbed coastal habitat, around cliffs, slips and petrel colonies, from Te Paki eastward to Hicks Bay, including Great Barrier and Mayor (Tuhua) Islands. It is also native to New South Wales in eastern Australia. Mayor Island, Bay of Plenty *
