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Kōrero: Ecoregions

Alpine plants

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Alpine plants

These alpine plants are growing on the Armstrong Saddle in the Ruahine Range (central North Island). The white flowers are a species of Celmisia – a genus with around 60 species found only in New Zealand. Most Celmisia species are found in the mountain ecoregion.

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Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

by Jock Phillips

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Matt McGlone, Ecoregions – The Southern Alps and other axial ranges, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/12574/alpine-plants (accessed 25 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Matt McGlone, i tāngia i te 1 March 2009.