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Sporadanthus is a group of plants in the Restionaceae first described as a genus in 1874 by Ferdinand von Mueller. It is native to Australia and New Zealand. Species

Poa acicularifolia is a perennial species of grass in the family Poaceae. It is native to New Zealand and grows in temperate regions.

Aciphylla traversii, commonly known as taramea, Chatham Island speargrass or Chatham Island Spaniard, is a species of Aciphylla endemic to the Chatham Islands.

Sophora prostrata is commonly known as kōwhai, prostrate kōwhai or dwarf kōwhai and is endemic to the eastern South Island from Marlborough to the Waitaki Valley in New Zealand although most commonly found on the Banks Peninsula. It is a low growing shrub, reaching a height of around 2 metres. This species has a divaricating habit that lasts for the life of the shrub unlike other New Zealand Sophora species which lose the divaricating habit as adult trees. The leaves of this species are usually quite small, up to about 2 cm in length. Flowers are often orange though they do occur as yellow in

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Pleurophyllum hookeri, also known as the silver-leaf daisy or sage-green rosette herb, is a herbaceous plant in the family Asteraceae, a megaherb native to the subantarctic Auckland and Campbell Islands of New Zealand and Australia’s Macquarie Island. It grows up to 900 mm in height and has crimson button flowers and long, silky, silver leaves, with a large carrot-like tuber and long roots. It also has the unusual feature of a vertically contractile stem, most of which is underground, which serves to keep the leaf rosette close to the ground surface and the plant anchored securely against the

Metrosideros parkinsonii, also known as Parkinson's rātā or shrubby rātā, is a shrub or small tree endemic to New Zealand. The name commemorates Sydney Parkinson, Captain James Cook's botanical artist during his first voyage to New Zealand.

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Stipa petriei, synonym Achnatherum petriei, is a threatened New Zealand species of true grass in the tribe Poeae.

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Celmisia lateralis, the shrub daisy, is a species of flowering plant, endemic to New Zealand. It is known exclusively from the South Island, where its white flowers can be seen in rocky areas in the mountains from Nelson to the Paparoas.

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Raoulia rubra is a cushion plant belonging to the family Asteraceae and is found in the mountains of the southern North Island and the northern South Island of New Zealand. Its common name in English is scabweed, although it is also sometimes called vegetable sheep.

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