Olearia hectorii grows in the eastern South Island. Find out more about where it's found, how many there are, and learn how to recognise it.
Pīkao or pīngao is a native sand-binding sedge that plays an important role in New Zealand's dune ecosystems.
Lancewood, or horoeka, is a unique, small tree with lance-like foliage that changes dramatically as the tree matures.
Leonohebe cupressoides (formally know as Hebe cupressoides) is a threatened plant found on the eastern side of the South Island's Southern Alps/Kā Tiritiri o te Moana.
Matagouri, or wild Irishman as it is sometimes called, is a thorny bush or small tree that can grow up to six metres high.
The Mount Cook lily is in fact not a lily at all. Learn more about one of New Zealand's most well known alpine plants.
Olearia Hectorii is one of the most threatenened members of New Zealand's rare, eight-species oleria or small-leaved tree daisy family.
Pittosporum patulum is a small tree that grows up to six metres high, in sub-alpine scrub and mountain beech forest in the South Island.