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Plant List 2021 Plant List BOTANICAL NAME COMMON NAME MĀORI NAME Acaena novae-zelandiae Red bidibid Acaena purpurea Purple Bidibid Adiantum hispidulum Rough Maidenhair fern Agathis australis Kauri Alectryon excelsus Titoki Anemanthele lessoniana Wind grass Apodasmia similis Jointed wire rush Oioi Aristotelia serrata Wineberry Makomako Arthropodium cirratum Renga lily Renga renga Asplenium bulbiferum Hen & Chicken Fern Pikopiko Asplenium oblongifolium Shining spleenwort Huruhuruwhenua Astelia banksii Coast Astelia Kowharawhara Astelia chathamica Chatham Island astelia Kakaha Astelia grandis Swamp Astelia Austroderia fulvida Cliff Toetoe Austroderia splendens Toetoe Beilschmiedia tarairi Tarairi Austroblechnum lanceolatum (Blechnum Lance water fern Nini chambersii) Blechnum discolor Crown Fern Petipeti Blechnum fluviatile Kiwikiwi Blechnum novae-zelandiae Kiokio Bolboschoenus fluviatilis Marsh Clubrush Kukuraho Brachyglottis greyi Daisy bush Brachyglottis repanda bushman's friend Rangiora Calystegia soldanella Shore Bindweed Carex buchananii Buchanan's sedge Carex dipsacea Carex dissita Carex flagellifera 'Green' Trip me up sedge Carex flagellifera 'Bronze' Weeping brown sedge Carex geminata Cutty grass Rautahi Carex lambertiana Forest sedge Carex lessoniana Cutty grass Rautahi Carex pumila Sand Sedge Carex secta Purei Carex testacea Speckled Sedge Carex virgata Swamp Sedge Pukio Carmichaelia australis Common broom Maukoro Carpodetus serratus Marbleleaf Putaputaweta Carpodetus serratus Prostrata Chionochloa flavicans Snow Tussock Clematis paniculata White clematis Puawhananga Clianthus puniceus Kaka beak Coprosma acerosa Sand Coprosma Coprosma 'Black Cloud' Coprosma Coprosma crassifolia Coprosma grandifolia Kanono Coprosma acerosa 'Hawera' Coprosma kirkii Coprosma lucida Shining Karamu Karamū Coprosma macrocarpa Coastal karamu Coprosma mangatangi Coprosma middlemore Coprosma neglecta Coprosma repens 'Poor Knights' Coprosma propinqua Mingimingi Coprosma prostrata Coprosma repens Taupata Coprosma rhamnoides Coprosma rigida Coprosma robusta Karamū Coprosma 'Taiko' Coprosma tenuicaulis Swamp Coprosma Hukihuki Coprosma virescens Mingimingi Cordyline australis Cabbage Tree Ti Kouka Cordyline obtecta Three Kings cabbage tree Corokia cotoneaster Wire-nettting bush Korokio Corokia 'Geentys Green' Corynocarpus laevigatus Karaka Cyathea dealbata Silver Fern Ponga Cyathea medullaris Black tree fern Mamaku Cyperus ustulatus Giant Umbrella Sedge Dacrycarpus dacrydioides White pine Kahikatea Dacrydium cupressinum Red pine Rimu Dianella latissima Dianella nigra New Zealand blueberry Turutu Dicksonia squarrosa Rough tree fern Wheki Dietes bicolor South African iris Dietes grandiflora Fairy iris Disphyma australe Native ice plant Horokaka Dodonaea viscosa 'Green' Akeake Dodonaea viscosa 'Purple' Akeake Doodia australis Rasp Fern Dysoxylum spectabile Kohekohe Eleocharis acuta Sharp spike sedge Eleocharis sphacelata Bamboo spike sedge Kutakuta Entelea arborescens Whau Euphorbia glauca Shore spurge Waiūatua Festuca coxii Blue grass Ficinia nodosa Knobby club rush Wiwi Ficinia spiralis Golden sand sedge Pingao Fuchsia procumbens Creeping Fuchsia Gahnia setifolia Māpere Geniostoma ligustrifolium Hangehange Griselinia littoralis Broadleaf Kapuka Griselinia lucida Shining broadleaf Hebe diosmifolia Hebe macrocarpa Hebe parviflora Hebe speciosa Titirangi Hebe stricta Koromiko Hebe 'Wiri Mist' Hoheria populnea Lacebark Houhere Juncus edgariae Wiwi Juncus kraussii Sea Rush Juncus pallidus Giant Rush Knightia excelsa Rewarewa Kunzea linearis Sand kanuka Kunzea robusta Kanuka Laurelia novae-zelandiae Pukatea Leptinella dioica Leptospermum 'Pink Cascade' Pink weeping manuka Leptospermum scoparium Manuka Leptospermum scoparium 'prostrate' Leptospermum 'White Cascade' White weeping manuka Leucopogon fasciculatus Mingimingi Libertia grandiflora New Zealand Iris Mikoiko Libertia ixioides New Zealand Iris Libertia peregrinans New Zealand Iris Libocedrus plumosa Kawaka Lobelia angulata Lomandra nyalla Lomandra tanika Machaerina articulata Jointed twig rush Machaerina rubiginosa Soft twig rush Machaerina sinclairii Machaerina teretifolia Melicope ternata Wharangi Melicytus novae-zelandiae Coastal mahoe Melicytus ramiflorus Whiteywood Māhoe Meryta sinclairii Puka Metrosideros carminea Carmine Rata Akakura Metrosideros excelsa Pohutakawa Pōhutukawa Metrosideros perforata White rata Akatea Muehlenbeckia astonii Shrubby Tororaro Mingimingi Muehlenbeckia axillaris Creeping Pohuehue Muehlenbeckia complexa Scrub pohuehue Pohuehue Myoporum laetum Ngaio Myrsine australis Red matipo Māpou Myrsine divaricata Weeping Matipo Nestegis cunninghamii Black maire Olearia albida Tanguru Olearia paniculata Akiraho Olearia solandri Coastal tree daisy Ozothamnus leptophylla Tauhinu Pachystegia insignis Marlborough rock daisy Passiflora tetrandra New Zealand passionflower Kohia Pennantia corymbosa Kaikomako Phormium cookianum Mountain Flax Wharariki Phormium 'Emerald Gem' Phormium tenax Flax Harakeke Phyllocladus trichomanoides Celery pine Tanekaha Pimelea prostrata New Zealand Daphne Pinatoro Piper excelsum Kawakawa Kawakawa Pittosporum crassifolium Karo Karo Pittosporum eugenioides Lemonwood Tarata Pittosporum tenuifolium Black matipo Kohuhu Plagianthus divaricatus Saltmarsh ribbonwood Makaka Plagianthus regius Ribbonwood Manatu Poa billardierei (Austofestuca littoralis) Sand tussock Hinarepe Poa cita Silver tussock Podocarpus totara Totara Tōtara Pomaderris kumeraho Gum-diggers soap Kūmarahou Prumnopitys ferruginea Brown pine Miro Prumnopitys taxifolia Black pine Matai Pseudopanax arboreus Fivefinger Whauwhaupaku Pseudopanax crassifolius Lancewood Horoeka Pseudopanax lessonii Houpara Houpara Rhopalostylis sapida Nikau Rubus cissoides Bush lawyer Tataramoa Samolus repens Sea primrose Schefflera digitata Pate Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani Kuawa Selliera radicans Remuremu Solanum laciniatum Poroporo Sophora chathamica Coastal Kowhai Kowhai Sophora microphylla Kowhai Kowhai Spinifex sericeus Spinifex Kowhangatara Streblus banksii Large leaved milk tree Turepo Tetragonia tetragonioides New Zealand Spinach Kokihi Typha orientalis Bulrush Raupo Vitex lucens Puriri Puriri Xeronema callistemon Poor Knights Lily .
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