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Mountain lacebark

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Mountain lacebark

Mountain lacebark (Hoheria glabrata) grows in gullies in the wet western mountains of the South Island. It is differs from another mountain lacebark – Hoheria lyallii – in its almost hairless leaves. A spectacular display of white blossoms occurs in late summer. The flowers have five overlapping petals.

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Joanna Orwin, Shrubs and small trees of the forest – Lacebarks and ribbonwoods, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/photograph/13822/mountain-lacebark (accessed 3 June 2026).

Story by Joanna Orwin, published 1 March 2009, updated 1 July 2015.