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Metrosideros perforata
Metrosideros perforata, commonly known as white rātā, climbing rātā, akatea or akatorotoro, is one of twelve Metrosideros species endemic to New Zealand. It is one of three white flowering rātā vines (the others being large white rātā and white rātā).
An example of a specific location of occurrence is within New Zealand's Hamilton Ecological District in association with such alliant understory plants as Blechnum discolor, Blechnum filiforme and Doodia media.
White Flowering Rātā · Bartlett's Rata · Metrosideros boninensis · Crimson Rata · Metrosideros colensoi · Vunga · Small Ratavine · Metrosideros elegans · Pōhutukawa · Scarlet Rātā Vine · Metrosideros humboldtiana · Pohutukawa
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Metrosideros perforata 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.
