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Even Riflemen sometimes need a contemplative gaze into the mirror!

In dryland community of exotic and native grasses and herbs

Ocassional plant in sunny site with bare ground underneath Kanuka

Reasonably common, growing in muddier areas of recently dried Kettle hole tarn.

Lake margin, on drying mud..

G. diandrum at right, growing with G. elatinoides (2 larger flowers at left). On exposed lake bed silt

G. diandrum at right, growing with G. elatinoides (2 larger flowers at left). On exposed lake bed silt

The 'green-leaved race'. Very common in alpine flush.

On edge of tarn surrounded by red tussock. Underside of narrow-elliptic leaves white-tomentose, above only a bit and de edges glabrous. Unfortunately no flowers.

Uncommon. In epemeral wetland and oxbow

Glabrous upper leaf surface with grey fluff on undersides. Growing in wetland on old alluvial terrace above Clarence River. Only a few patches found during three days of intensive botanical survey.

The world's tiniest native carrot! Not sure how on earth I managed to spot this!

truly, the chunkiest

Growing on the edges of exposed coastal crags.

In shallow alpine gully where snow accumulates

Abundant at the location.

Uncommon around the edges of alpine boulders.

Festuca aff. rubra, an alpine compact native form that is lumped in with this species currently apparently. Scattered but fairly common in area

Semiparasitic plant