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Ourisia confertifolia

Ourisia confertifolia
Photo: [1], CC BY 4.0
Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Perennial
Native range
SW. New Zealand
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Ourisia confertifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae that is endemic to high-elevations in the southern South Island of New Zealand. Mary Kalin Arroyo described O. confertifolia in 1984. Plants of this species of New Zealand mountain foxglove are perennial, small-leaved rosette herbs that have hairy, crenate leaves, and flowers single or in pairs in each node. The corolla tube is glabrous and yellow inside. It is listed as At Risk - Naturally Uncommon.

Where it grows

Ourisia confertifolia is a New Zealand mountain foxglove that is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. It is found in the regions of southern Westland, Fiordland and Southland in high-elevation habitats in herbfields, grasslands or rocky, sheltered habitats from 1,200 to 2,200 m (3,900 to 7,200 ft) above sea level.

Other Ourisia plants

Ourisia alpina · Ourisia biflora · Ourisia breviflora subsp. breviflora · Ourisia breviflora subsp. uniflora · Ourisia breviflora · Creeping Mountain Foxglove · Ourisia calycina · Ourisia chamaedrifolia · Ourisia coccinea subsp. coccinea · Ourisia coccinea subsp. elegans · Ourisia coccinea · Ourisia cotapatensis

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ourisia confertifolia 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.

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