Thursday, 13 March 2025

Two confusing lookalikes: Laurelia novae-zelandiae and Ascarina lucida

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Nine years ago (15 March 2016), I posted this here:  “I haven't blogged here for a couple of years. I've been busy doing other thin...
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Saturday, 26 January 2019

New Zealand Veronica: how high do they grow?

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At the moment, New Zealand’s largest flowering plant genus is Veronica (the speedwells and hebes ), with 122 native and 19 introd...
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Thursday, 28 December 2017

What I did last year for hay fever.

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Disclaimer : the following is not medical advice. It's just a description of what I started doing for my hay fever last summer. And it...
Tuesday, 15 March 2016

A dry summer in Wellington.

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I haven't blogged here for a couple of years. I've been busy doing other things, mostly with a camera, and I'll have more to say...
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Sunday, 5 October 2014

The Great Veronica Hunt—part 7.

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Spring’s here, although you wouldn’t know it today in Christchurch. I’m here for a couple of days to collect and photograph three veronicas...
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Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Wednesday Wildflower: Oenothera acaulis

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When I was a little kid, I loved the Hans Christian Andersen story of the ugly duckling , a cygnet—teased by the ducklings for its ugliness—...
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Thursday, 6 March 2014

Wednesday Wildflower: Viola banksii

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In New Zealand we have three native and 5 naturalised violets.  One of the naturalised ones is from Australia, identified in the 1988 Flora ...