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Metrosideros elegans is a species of flowering plant endemic to New Caledonia in the family Myrtaceae. The tree has yellow flowers and grows most commonly between about 300 and 1,500 metres elevation in forest or shrubland. It is sometimes epiphyte at first.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Metrosideros elegans 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.
