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Desert Broom

Carmichaelia petriei

Desert Broom
Photo: Duncan Cunningham, CC BY 4.0
Family
Fabaceae (Pea & bean family)
Grows as
Shrub
Native range
SC. & S. New Zealand South I. (incl. Stewart I.)
Climate
temperate

About

Carmichaelia petriei is a species of New Zealand broom in the genus Carmichaelia. It is endemic to New Zealand. C. petrieis is possibly a host plant for the critically endangered fungus weevil Cerius otagensis.

Where it grows

Carmichaelia petriei is endemic to New Zealand and can be found in the South Island, as far north as the upper part of the Waitaki River Valley in Canterbury, as well as in the MacKenzie Basin, Otago and Southland including Stewart Island.

Other Carmichaelia plants

Prostrate Broom · Aston's Dwarf Broom · Common Broom · Pink Broom · Carmichaelia corrugata · Carmichaelia curta · Carmichaelia exsul · Pink Broom · Holloway's broom · Prostrate tangle broom · Coastal Tree Broom · Carmichaelia nana

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Carmichaelia petriei by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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