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Haloragis erecta
Also called Shrubby haloragis
Haloragis erecta, the shrubby haloragis, toatoa, fireweed or erect seaberry, is a plant species that is endemic to New Zealand. It is a non-threatened perennial herb found throughout New Zealand up to an altitude of around 500m above sea level. The leaves are opposite and coarsely toothed. The stems are square and reddish/maroon in colour and flowers throughout the year producing red, pink and yellow flowers.
The toatoa is found anywhere from sea level up until an altitude of to 500 m in altitude. It is found all throughout New Zealand, it thrives in fertile soil and colonies areas that have been subject to disturbance events such as forestation/land clearance such as slip scars as well as forest fires. It can also self propagate causing it to occasionally be seen as a weed within urban areas. Worldwide, it is found within The United States of America, French Polynesia and the United Kingdom and were taken over to these areas in the 1800s.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Haloragis erecta 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.
