Phil Garnock-Jones

Melicytus crassifolius (thick-leaved mahoe; syn. Hymenanthera crassifolia Hook.f.) is an ornamental plant in the Violaceae family, which is native to New Zealand.

Syzygium maire, commonly known as the swamp maire, is an evergreen tree endemic to New Zealand. It is found throughout the North Island, and in the northern half of the South Island. The Māori name for the tree is maire tawake. Swamp maire grows in wetlands, where it develops breathing roots in waterlogged soils, but is also tolerant of reasonably dry situations. The creamy-white flowers in autumn are followed by bright red drupes around 3 cm in length in late winter. The fruit are edible and can be eaten raw or cooked. The fruits are rich in antioxidants. Swamp maire is sold for use in

Veronica jovellanoides, commonly known as Riverhead speedwell, is a threatened flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is endemic to New Zealand, where only three plants are known in the wild. All are found within the Ernest Morgan Reserve, a 20 ha forest northwest of Auckland. Its discovery is accredited to a retired plant nursery owner, Geoff Davidson, who organised the land's protection a few decades prior, and found it by chance on a walk in November 2007. V. jovellanoides has a prostrate growth habit, forming large 2 to 3 m (6.6 to 9.8 ft) mats on the ground, and long stems with

Rorippa gigantea is a species of plant in the cabbage family Brassicaceae. The forest bitter-cress is usually seen as an annual plant, growing to 120 cm high, found in Australian east coast forests.

Veronica topiaria, the topiarist's hebe, is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae, native to the South Island of New Zealand. As its synonym Hebe topiaria it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.

Veronica strictissima, commonly known as the Banks Peninsula hebe, is a flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is endemic to Banks Peninsula in Canterbury, New Zealand.

Veronica pauciramosa, synonym Hebe pauciramosa, is a species of plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand, where it grows in mountains. It is an upright, evergreen shrub about 16 in (40 cm) tall, with green, spear-shaped leaves 0.2 in (6 mm) long, and white flowers. Hebe pauciramosa var. masoniae L.B.Moore is now treated as a separate species, Veronica masoniae.

Visit the page for more details.

Visit the page for more details.

Visit the page for more details.

Visit the page for more details.

Veronica rivalis, synonym Hebe acutiflora, the Northland river koromiko, is a species of plant in the family Plantaginaceae. It is endemic to the north island of New Zealand.

Visit the page for more details.

Veronica ochracea, synonym Hebe ochracea, is an ornamental plant of the family Plantaginaceae, which is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. Hardy to USDA climate zones 7–8 at least, protect aerial plant parts from severe frosts like any other hebe. Veronica ochracea is also cultivated on the Galapagos Islands.

Visit the page for more details.

Visit the page for more details.

Visit the page for more details.

Visit the page for more details.

Visit the page for more details.

Visit the page for more details.

Visit the page for more details.

Visit the page for more details.

Visit the page for more details.

Visit the page for more details.

Visit the page for more details.

Visit the page for more details.

Visit the page for more details.

Ranunculus viridis, the Mount Allen buttercup, is a critically endangered species of alpine Ranunculus (buttercup), endemic to Rakiura / Stewart Island, New Zealand, where it occurs at altitudes of 700 metres (2,300 ft) on Mount Allen in the Tin Range.

Ranunculus reflexus, the hairy buttercup, maru, maruru, kopukapuka, or pirikau, is a species of buttercup.

Plantago udicola is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae that is endemic to New Zealand. Heidi Meudt and Philip Garnock-Jones described P. udicola in 2012. Plants of this species of plantain are perennial with a rosette habit, leaves widest above the middle, seeds uniform, ellipsoid and 1–4 per capsule, edges of bracts sparsely hairy, edges of sepals with isolated hairs at the apex only, and a chromosome number of 2n = 96 (dodecaploid). It is listed as Not Threatened.