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Kōrero: Alpine plants

Penwiper plant

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Penwiper plant

Two species of penwiper plant grow on South Island screes. The largest, Notothlapsi rosulatum, pictured here, consists of a rosette of overlapping fleshy grey leaves. In summer it produces a central stalk of sweet-smelling cream flowers.

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by John Dawson

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Hugh Wilson, Alpine plants – Alpine rock vegetation, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/11039/penwiper-plant (accessed 25 June 2026).

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