matt-walters's Identifications

Coriaria plumosa growing on a low gradient scree slope

Whole plant, leaf arrangement (including petiole), flower arrangement.

Growing in alpine bog off Temple Basin Track

1) Leaves and seed pods with 1cm x 1cm scale.
2) Scree pea habitat.
3) Seed pods
4) Pods with scale

1) Plant with scale, growing on track edge in subalpine shrubland.
2) Flowers
3) Upper leaf surface
4) Lower leaf surface
5) Flowers side view

Turf forming, growing in subalpine grassland.
1) With scale
2) Leaf surface and diagnostic purple fruits

1) Cushion bog habitat, with Phyllacne and Donatia.
2) Plant height scale
3) Flower head
4) Flower head side view
5) Rosette
6) Toothed leaves

Found near Cass field station. Mat forming and spreading habit, surrounded by grass/tussock, and other herbs and shrubs

Found on scree at Red hill. Around 10cm across

Found on scree at Red hill. Plant is 20cm across

River bed, open rocky area surrounded by other small herbs distributed sporadically. Plant around 25cm across

Found in a subalpine shrubland/grassland.

Growing on riverbed. Species abundant in area. Stems erect with terminal flowers. Seed pods are long and thin.

Flowers white. Growing in a bog near Cass, NZ.

Solitary plant, growing in gravel substrate

15cm wide x 5cm tall

1.2m tall

20 cm tall

creamy white flower, creeping on gravel area

Leaves are 40 - 50 mm long, glossy green oval pointed leaves. No leaf stalk

Found in montane habitat at Red Hill.

Bell-shaped white flowers in raceme. Dry seed pods.

Found in a gravel/rocky montane habitat at Red Hill.

Purple-black stems, toothed leaves, tube-shaped 4-petal flowers with elongated ovaries.

Found in rocky montane habitat at Red Hill.

Mat-forming habit.
Hairs present on the leaves, red-purple fleshy berries with two seeds in each berry.

Found in a scree area in montane habitat at Red Hill.

Found in a montane habitat at Temple Basin Ski Area.

Low growing habit.

Tube-shaped white flowers look star-shaped from the top and petals are very hairy on the topside.