Golden kōwhai flowers - iconic native blooms of Aotearoa New Zealand

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Akeake (Dodonaea viscosa) Akiraho (Olearia paniculata) Alpine Water Fern (Austroblechnum penna marina) Banks Peninsula Blue Tussock (Festuca actae) Barrier Island Kānuka (Kunzea sinclairii) Bentham's Hebe (Veronica benthamii) Bidibid (Acaena anserinifolia) Black Beech (Fuscospora solandri) Black Beech (Nothofagus solandri) Black Maire (Nestegis cunninghamii) Black Tree Fern (Cyathea medullaris) Black-stemmed Fern (Polystichum richardii) Black-stemmed Willow Herb (Epilobium melanocaulon) Blue Shore Tussock (Poa astonii) Blue Tussock (Poa colensoi) Blue Wheat Grass (Anthosachne aprica) Bog Pine (Halocarpus bidwillii) Bower Spinach (Tetragonia implexicoma) Box-leaf Hebe (Veronica odora) Brachyglottis arborescens Brachyglottis bidwillii Brachyglottis elaeagnifolia Brachyglottis greyi Brachyglottis huntii Brachyglottis pentacopa Brachyglottis perdicioides Brachyglottis sciadophila Brachyglottis stewartiae Brachyglottis traversii Broad-leaved Coprosma (Coprosma dumosa) Broad-leaved Snow Tussock (Chionochloa flavicans) Broadleaf (Griselinia littoralis) Buchanan's Sedge (Carex buchananii) Bulbinella angustifolia Bulbinella gibbsii Bulbinella hookeri Bulbinella modesta Bulbinella talbotii Bush Lawyer (Rubus cissoides) Bush Lily (Astelia fragrans) Bush Snowberry (Gaultheria antipoda) Button Daisy (Leptinella squalida) Button Fern (Pellaea rotundifolia) Cabbage Tree (Cordyline australis) Caltha obtusa Cardamine glara Carex dipsacea (Carex dissita) Carex erythrovaginata (Carex secta) Carex healyi Carex horizontalis Carex imbecilla Carex petriei Carmichaelia appressa Carmichaelia petriei Celmisia alpina Celmisia angustifolia Celmisia discolour (Celmisia discolor) Celmisia durietzii Celmisia haastii Celmisia laricifolia Celmisia lateralis Celmisia mackaui Celmisia major Celmisia monroi Celmisia verbascifolia Centrolepis pallida Chaerophyllum colensoi Chatham Grass Tree (Dracophyllum arboreum) Chatham Island Aster (Olearia traversiorum) Chatham Island Geranium (Geranium traversii) Chatham Island Kakaha (Astelia chathamica) Chatham Island Toetoe (Austroderia turbaria) Chatham Islands Coprosma (Coprosma chathamica) Chatham Islands Corokia (Corokia macrocarpa) Cheeseman's Daisy (Olearia cheesemanii) Chenopodium triandrum Chionochloa australis Chionochloa flavescens Chionochloa pallens Clematis forsteri Climbing Hard Fern (Blechnum filiforme) Climbing Shield Fern (Dendroconche scandens) Coast Blowngrass (Lachnagrostis billardierei) Coastal Hebe (Veronica elliptica) Coastal Kōwhai (Sophora chathamica) Coastal Tree Daisy (Olearia solandri) Coastal Tussock (Poa billardierei) Codium cranwelliae Coin-leaved Tree Daisy (Olearia nummularifolia) Colenso's Hard Fern (Austroblechnum colensoi) Colenso's Mingimingi (Acrothamnus colensoi) Colenso's Speargrass (Aciphylla colensoi) Colobanthus acicularis Common Rasp Fern (Doodia media) Common Speargrass (Aciphylla squarrosa) Common Wheat Grass (Anthosachne scabra) Congested Speargrass (Aciphylla congesta) Convolvulus verecundus Cook's Scurvy Grass (Lepidium oleraceum) Coprosma Acutifolia (Coprosma acutifolia) Coprosma petriei Coriaria arborea Coriaria sarmentosa Corrugated Broom (Carmichaelia corrugata) Cotton Daisy (Celmisia sessiliflora) Cotton Daisy (Celmisia spectabilis) Cox's Fescue (Festuca coxii) Cranfillia deltoides Creeping Fuchsia (Fuchsia procumbens) Creeping Pōhuehue (Muehlenbeckia axillaris) Crested Hard Fern (Blechnum procerum) Crown Fern (Blechnum discolor) Cunningham's Maidenhair (Adiantum cunninghamii) Cushion Daisy (Abrotanella caespitosa) Cushion Plant (Scleranthus uniflorus) Cutty Grass (Carex coriacea) Cypress Hebe (Veronica cupressoides) Cypress Plait-moss (Hypnum cupressiforme) Dactylanthus taylorii Dendroligotrichum tongariroense Dicksonia lanata Dicranoloma (Dicranoloma billardierei) Dieffenbach's Speargrass (Aciphylla dieffenbachii) Disc Hebe (Veronica pinguifolia) Disphyma australe Dolichoglottis lyallii Dracophyllum cockayneanum Dracophyllum densum Dracophyllum kirkii Dracophyllum menziesii Dracophyllum muscoides Dracophyllum oliveri Dracophyllum ophioliticum Drooping Filmy Fern (Hymenophyllum demissum) Drooping Spleenwort (Asplenium flaccidum) Dwarf Cabbage Tree (Cordyline pumilio) Dwarf Rock Lily (Arthropodium candidum) Fairchild's Kōhūhū (Pittosporum fairchildii) Fairy Foxglove (Veronica hulkeana) Fan-leaf Speargrass (Aciphylla subflabellata) Fiordland Grass Tree (Dracophyllum fiordense) Five Finger (Pseudopanax arboreus) Forest Maire (Pterophylla sylvicola) Forest Sedge (Carex dissita) Fragrant Tree Daisy (Olearia fragrantissima) Frosted Curls Sedge (Carex comans) Giant Rhubarb (Gunnera hamiltonii) Giant Spike Rush (Eleocharis sphacelata) Glen Murray Tussock (Carex flagellifera) Golden Kōwhai (Sophora fulvida) Golden Speargrass (Aciphylla aurea) Gossamer Grass (Anemanthele lessoniana) Grass-like Astelia (Astelia graminea) Gully Fern (Pneumatopteris pennigera) Gully Tree Fern (Cyathea cunninghamii) Gumland Grass Tree (Dracophyllum lessonianum) Hairy Coprosma (Coprosma ciliata) Hairy Fern (Lastreopsis hispida) Hakeke (Olearia ilicifolia) Harakeke (Phormium tenax) Hard Beech (Fuscospora truncata) Hard Tussock (Festuca novae zelandiae) Hard Water Fern (Austroblechnum durum) Hector's Tree Daisy (Olearia hectorii) Hen (Asplenium bulbiferum) Holloway's Crystalwort (Atriplex hollowayi) Hook Sedge (Uncinia uncinata) Horopito (Pseudowintera colorata) Houpara (Pseudopanax lessonii) Hutu (Ascarina lucida) Hīnau (Elaeocarpus dentatus) Inaka (Dracophyllum longifolium) Inaka (Dracophyllum townsonii) Inaka (Dracophyllum trimorphum) Kahakaha (Astelia hastata) Kahikatea (Dacrycarpus dacrydioides) Kaihua (Parsonsia heterophylla) Kaikōmako (Pennantia corymbosa) Kākābeak (Clianthus maximus) Kākābeak (Clianthus puniceus) Kanono (Coprosma grandifolia) Karaka (Corynocarpus laevigatus) Karamā (Coprosma robusta) Kāro (Pittosporum crassifolium) Kauri (Agathis australis) Kauri Grass (Astelia trinervia) Kawaka (Libocedrus plumosa) Kawakawa (Piper excelsum) Kermadec Nīkau (Rhopalostylis baueri) Kidney Fern (Hymenophyllum nephrophyllum) Kiokio (Blechnum novae zelandiae) Kirk's Broom (Carmichaelia kirkii) Kirk's Coprosma (Coprosma kirkii) Kohekohe (Dysoxylum spectabile) Kōhia (Passiflora tetrandra) Korokio (Corokia buddleioides) Koromiko (Veronica salicifolia) Koromiko (Veronica stricta) Kāmahi (Pterophylla racemosa) Kāmahi (Weinmannia racemosa) Kānuka (Kunzea ericoides) Kōhūhū (Pittosporum tenuifolium) Kōwaowao (Microsorum pustulatum) Kōwhai (Sophora microphylla) Lacebark (Hoheria populnea) Lance Fern (Austroblechnum lanceolatum) Lance Fern (Austroblechnum lanceolatum) Lancewood (Pseudopanax crassifolius) Lancewood Tree Daisy (Olearia lacunosa) Large Stigma Snowberry (Gaultheria macrostigma) Large-flowered NZ Iris (Libertia grandiflora) Large-leaved Kōwhai (Sophora tetraptera) Large-leaved Toropapa (Alseuosmia macrophylla) Leafless Pōhuehue (Muehlenbeckia ephedroides) Leather-leaved Daisy (Celmisia coriacea) Leatherwood (Macrolearia colensoi) Long Fork Fern (Tmesipteris elongata) Long-leaved Lacebark (Hoheria sexstylosa) Lowland Horopito (Pseudowintera axillaris) Lyall's Mountain Daisy (Celmisia lyallii) Maidenhair Spleenwort (Asplenium hookerianum) Mamaku (Sphaeropteris medullaris) Manakura (Melicytus micranthus) Mangemange (Lygodium articulatum) Marbleleaf (Carpodetus serratus) Marlborough Wheatgrass (Anthosachne sacandros) Matagouri (Discaria toumatou) Mataī (Prumnopitys taxifolia) Meryta Sinclairii (Meryta sinclairii) Metrosideros bartlettii Metrosideros kermadecensis Mikimiki (Coprosma linariifolia) Milk Tree (Paratrophis banksii) Mingimingi (Coprosma propinqua) Miro (Prumnopitys ferruginea) Mirror Plant (Coprosma repens) Monoao (Halocarpus kirkii) Monro's Daisy (Brachyglottis monroi) Mount Cook Buttercup (Ranunculus lyallii) Mountain Akeake (Olearia avicenniifolia) Mountain Astelia (Astelia nervosa) Mountain Cabbage Tree (Cordyline indivisa) Mountain Coprosma (Coprosma rugosa) Mountain Daisy (Brachyglottis lagopus) Mountain Foxglove (Ourisia macrophylla) Mountain Kiokio (Blechnum montanum) Mountain Lacebark (Hoheria lyallii) Mountain Neinei (Dracophyllum traversii) Mountain Ribbonwood (Hoheria glabrata) Mountain Snowberry (Gaultheria depressa) Mountain Toatoa (Phyllocladus alpinus) Mountain Tōtara (Podocarpus laetus) Mountain Tōtara (Podocarpus nivalis) Mountain Wineberry (Aristotelia fruticosa) Mueller's Bentgrass (Agrostis muelleriana) Musky Tree Daisy (Olearia moschata) Muttonbird Poa (Poa foliosa) Myrsine aquilonia Myrsine chathamica Myrsine coxii (Myrsine australis) Mānuka (Leptospermum scoparium) Napuka (Veronica speciosa) Narrow-leaved Lacebark (Hoheria angustifolia) Narrow-leaved Māhoe (Melicytus lanceolatus) Native Broom (Carmichaelia australis) Native Broom (Carmichaelia glabrescens) Native Gunnera (Gunnera monoica) Native Wheatgrass (Anthosachne solandri) Necklace Fern (Asplenium flabellifolium) Needle-leaf Dragon (Dracophyllum acerosum) Neinei (Dracophyllum latifolium) Nestegis apetala Nestegis montana New Zealand Everlasting Daisy (Anaphalioides bellidioides) Ngaio (Myoporum laetum) North Island Toetoe (Austroderia fulvida) Northern Rātā (Metrosideros robusta) Northern Toetoe (Austroderia splendens) NZ Plantain (Plantago novae zelandiae) Nīkau Palm (Rhopalostylis sapida) Olearia allomii Olearia angulata Olearia crebra (Olearia paniculata) Olearia fimbriata Olearia furfuracea Olearia gardneri Olearia lineata Olearia lyallii Olearia telmatica Mountain Holly (Olearia ilicifolia) Orange New Zealand Iris (Libertia peregrinans) Orange Sedge (Carex testacea) Pāhautea (Libocedrus bidwillii) Pānakenake (Lobelia angulata) Parkinson's Rata (Metrosideros parkinsonii) Pāte (Schefflera digitata) Perching Lily (Astelia solandri) Pigeonwood (Hedycarya arborea) Pīngao (Ficinia spiralis) Pittosporum Colensoi (Pittosporum colensoi) Pittosporum ellipticum Pittosporum huttonianum Pittosporum obcordatum Pittosporum patulum Pittosporum ralphii Pittosporum umbellatum Pittosporum virgatum Plagianthus betulinus (Plagianthus regius) Poataniwha (Melicope simplex) Podocarpus acutifolius Pōhuehue (Muehlenbeckia complexa) Poor Knights Lily (Xeronema callistemon) Pouched Coral Fern (Gleichenia dicarpa) Prickly Heath (Leptecophylla juniperina) Prickly Shield Fern (Polystichum vestitum) Prince (Leptopteris superba) Prostrate Kōwhai (Sophora prostrata) Pseudopanax ferox Pseudowintera insperata Pseudowintera traversii Puawānanga (Clematis paniculata) Puka (Griselinia lucida) Pukatea (Laurelia novae zelandiae) Pygmy Pine (Lepidothamnus laxifolius) Pūrei (Carex secta) Pūriri (Vitex lucens) Pōhutukawa (Metrosideros excelsa) Pōkākā (Elaeocarpus hookerianus) Quintinia serrata Ramarama (Lophomyrtus bullata) Rangiora (Brachyglottis repanda) Ranunculus Insignis (Ranunculus insignis) Rasp Fern (Doodia australis) Raupō (Typha orientalis) Rautahi (Carex geminata) Red Beech (Nothofagus fusca) Red Bidibidi (Acaena novae zelandiae) Red māpou (Myrsine australis) Red Tussock (Chionochloa rubra) Renga Renga (Arthropodium cirratum) Rewarewa (Knightia excelsa) Ribbonwood (Plagianthus regius) Rimu (Dacrydium cupressinum) River Fern (Cranfillia fluviatilis) Rōhutu (Lophomyrtus obcordata) Rosy Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum hispidulum) Rārahu (Pteridium esculentum) Sand Coprosma (Coprosma acerosa) Scarlet Rata (Metrosideros fulgens) Scented Broom (Carmichaelia odorata) Scented Tree Daisy (Olearia odorata) Shaking Brake (Pteris tremula) Shining Karamū (Coprosma lucida) Shining Spleenwort (Asplenium oblongifolium) Shore Bindweed (Calystegia soldanella) Shore Pimpernel (Samolus repens) Shore Spurge (Euphorbia glauca) Shrubby Tororaro (Muehlenbeckia astonii) Sickle Spleenwort (Asplenium polyodon) Silver Beech (Lophozonia menziesii) Silver Fern (Cyathea dealbata) Silver Tussock (Poa cita) Slender Dragon Tree (Dracophyllum elegantissimum) Small Cushion Daisy (Abrotanella pusilla) Small Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum diaphanum) Small Toropapa (Alseuosmia pusilla) Small-leaved Bidibidi (Acaena microphylla) Small-leaved Coprosma (Coprosma microcarpa) Small-leaved Coprosma (Coprosma parviflora) Smooth Willow Herb (Epilobium glabellum) Snow Astelia (Astelia nivicola) Snow Hebe (Veronica albicans) Snow Tussock (Chionochloa conspicua) Soft Tree Fern (Cyathea smithii) Solander's Sedge (Carex solandri) Sophora godleyi Sophora longicarinata South Island Toetoe (Austroderia richardii) Southern Rātā (Metrosideros umbellata) Speargrass (Aciphylla anomala) Spineless Bidibid (Acaena inermis) Spinifex (Spinifex sericeus) Stiff Pittosporum (Pittosporum rigidum) Stiff Snow Tussock (Chionochloa rigida) Stinkwood (Coprosma foetidissima) Strathmore Weed (Pimelea prostrata) Supplejack (Ripogonum scandens) Swamp Coprosma (Coprosma tenuicaulis) Swamp Maire (Syzygium maire) Swamp Mazus (Mazus radicans) Swamp Sedge (Carex virgata) Tanguru (Olearia albida) Taraire (Beilschmiedia tarairi) Tarata (Pittosporum eugenioides) Taurepo (Rhabdothamnus solandri) Tawa (Beilschmiedia tawa) Tawa (Beilschmiedia tawa) Tawāpou (Planchonella costata) Thin-leaved Coprosma (Coprosma areolata) Thread-leaved Anisotome (Anisotome filifolia) Thread-leaved Dracophyllum (Dracophyllum filifolium) Three Kings Cabbage Tree (Cordyline obtecta) Three Kings Milk Tree (Streblus smithii) Toetoe (Austroderia toetoe) North Island Toetoe (Austroderia fulvida) Toro (Myrsine salicina) Tree Coprosma (Coprosma arborea) Tree Daisy (Olearia arborescens) Tree Fuchsia (Fuchsia excorticata) Tree Nettle (Urtica ferox) Tūrepo (Streblus heterophyllus) Turner's Kōhūhū (Pittosporum turneri) Tūrutu (Dianella nigra) Twiggy Coprosma (Coprosma rhamnoides) Tānekaha (Phyllocladus trichomanoides) Tātoki (Alectryon excelsus) Tāwari (Ixerba brexioides) Tī Torowhiti (Dracophyllum strictum) Tōtara (Podocarpus totara) Usnea (Usnea articulata) Vegetable Sheep (Raoulia eximia) Waekura (Sticherus cunninghamii) Weeping Matipo (Myrsine divaricata) Wharangi (Melicope ternata) Wharariki (Phormium cookianum) Wharawhara (Astelia banksii) Whau (Entelea arborescens) Whēkī (Dicksonia squarrosa) Whēkī-ponga (Dicksonia fibrosa) Whipcord Hebe (Veronica tetragona) White Maire (Nestegis lanceolata) White Rata (Metrosideros diffusa) White Rātā (Metrosideros perforata) White Sedge (Carex albula) Whiteywood (Melicytus ramiflorus) Wineberry (Aristotelia serrata) Wire-netting Bush (Corokia cotoneaster) Yellow Pine (Halocarpus biformis) Yellow Silver Pine (Lepidothamnus intermedius) Yellow-seeded NZ Iris (Libertia ixioides)