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Coriaria pottsiana
Also called Pott's Tutu
Hikurangi tutu is a rare, bushy New Zealand shrub that grows on shingle slips in the subalpine zone of the North Island. It is nationally critically threatened, so it is not a practical garden plant, and its seeds and foliage are poisonous.
Coriaria pottsiana is a species of shrub in the family Coriariaceae. It is endemic to New Zealand's North Island. This species is found on shingle slips. It was first described by the New Zealand botanist Walter Oliver in 1942. C. pottsiana's range only covers Mount Hikurangi and Mount Parikanapa in the Raukūmara Range. This species, and all Coriaria species, are poisonous, especially the seeds. C. pottsiana's 2023 assessment in the New Zealand Threat Classification System was "Threatened – Nationally Critical".
New Zealand has the highest concentration of Coriaria species. C. pottsiana is endemic to New Zealand's North Island. C. pottsiana's range only covers Mount Hikurangi and Mount Parikanapa in the Raukūmara Range. C. pottsiana's 2023 conservation status in the New Zealand Threat Classification System was "Threatened – Nationally Critical".
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Coriaria pottsiana by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
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.
