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Story: Threatened species

Rare plants

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Watch botanist Geoff Rogers search for creeping cudweed (Euchiton ensifer), a rare daisy that grows sparsely in the central North Island. It also occurs in the South Island.

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Gerard Hutching and Carl Walrond, Threatened species – What is a threatened species?, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/video/14092/rare-plants (accessed 4 June 2026).

Story by Gerard Hutching and Carl Walrond, published 2 March 2009.