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Ourisia glandulosa

Ourisia glandulosa
Photo: John Barkla, CC BY 4.0
Family
Plantaginaceae (Plantain family)
Grows as
Perennial
Water
Likes moisture
Native range
New Zealand South I.
Climate
subalpine or subarctic

About

Ourisia glandulosa or is a species of flowering plant in the family Plantaginaceae that is endemic to high-elevations in the southern South Island of New Zealand. Joseph Dalton Hooker described O. glandulosa in 1864. Plants of this species of New Zealand mountain foxglove are perennial, small-leaved herbs that have tightly packed, opposite, smooth or irregularly notched leaves, and flowers single or in pairs in each node. The corolla tube is glabrous and yellow inside. It is listed as Not Threatened.

Where it grows

Ourisia glandulosa is a New Zealand mountain foxglove that is endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. It is widespread and common in most high-elevation areas of Otago, especially around snowbanks, and can also be found in some high-elevation areas of nearby southern Canterbury and Southland.

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 confertifolia

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Ourisia glandulosa 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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