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Kōrero: Alpine plants

Mountain buttercup

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Mountain buttercup

Large-flowered buttercups are a feature of alpine grasslands and rock fields. Mountain buttercup or korikori (Ranunculus insignis) is found on North Island mountains south of Mt Hikurangi, and southwards to northern mountain ranges in the South Island.

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by Carl Walrond

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Hugh Wilson, Alpine plants – Alpine rock vegetation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11034/mountain-buttercup (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Hugh Wilson, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.