Native plants for NZ butterflies Some of these are host plants, some nectar, some both! Botanical name Common name Reference on NZ Plant Conservation Network Brachyglottis kirkii Kirk’s daisy, Kohurangi http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=119 Carmichaelia is a host for southern blue Carmichaelia australis common broom http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=1596 C. carmichaeliae pink broom http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=100 C. muritai coastal tree broom http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=8 C. glabrescens pink broom http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=1598 C. stevensonii weeping tree broom, cord broom http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=153 Corokia cotoneaster Korokio, wire-netting bush http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=1756 Euphorbia glauca (2012 “At Risk, Declining”) shore spurge, sea spurge, waiu-atua, sand milkweed http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=125 Hebe salicifolia See Veronica salicifolia H. speciosa See Veronica speciosa H. stricta See Veronica stricta Heliohebe hulkeana ssp hulkeana See Veronica hulkeana subsp. hulkeana Hoheria populnea lacebark, houhere, ribbonwood http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=824 Leptospermum scoparium (2018 – At Risk, declining) Manuka, kahikatoa http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=2302 Muehlenbeckia astonii (copper) wiggywig, mingimingi, shrubby tororaro http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=113 M. complexa wire vine, small-leaved pohuehue, scrub pohuehue http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=991 Olearia solandri coastal tree daisy http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=1061 Pachystegia insignis Marlborough rock daisy, Marlborough daisy http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=1395 Pseudopanax ferox lancewood http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=307 Phormium cookianum mountain flax, wharariki http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=1110 P. tenax flax, harakeke, korari (maori name for flowers) http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=2219 Pimelea prostrata NZ daphne, Strathmore weed http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=1125 Raoulia ‘Hookeri coast’ scabweed, scabweed mat daisy http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=1252 Teucridium parvifolium (at risk, declining 2012) teucridium http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=207 Urtica australis (admirals) Southern nettle, onga http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=1355 U. ferox Ongaonga, tree nettle http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=1354 Veronica hulkeana subsp. Hulkeana NZ lilac http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=814 V. salicifolia koromiko http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=2150 V. speciosa purple hebe http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=66 V. stricta koromiko http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=2009 .