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Dracophyllum trimorphum is a shrub or small tree native to north-west Nelson on New Zealand's South Island, found on cliffs and steep coastal slopes. It is a rare wild species rather than a common garden plant, so growing it depends on coastal, well-drained conditions.
Dracophyllum trimorphum, commonly known as inaka and dracophyllum, is a species of shrub or small tree endemic to north-west Nelson in New Zealand's South Island. It was first described by Walter Oliver in 1952 and gets the specific epithet trimorphum for its three phases of growth. In the heath family Ericaceae, it inhabits cliffs and steep slopes near the coast and reaches a height of 0.2–3.0 m (1–10 ft). A 2017 assessment using the New Zealand Threat Classification System classified it as "Naturally Uncommon", giving it an estimated habitat area of less than 10 km2 (1,000.0 ha).
Dracophyllum acerosum · Tarahinau · Dracophyllum cockayneanum · Dracophyllum densum · Grass Tree · Dracophyllum filifolium · Fiordland grass tree · Fitzgerald Tree · Dracophyllum kirkii · Needle Leaved Neinei · Gumland Grass Tree · Inaka
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Dracophyllum trimorphum 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.
