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mountain neinei

Dracophyllum traversii

Easily confused with

Study checks a spoken answer against these, and tells you which one you named.

Where it is recorded

Records by month in New Zealand.January 137, February 87, March 69, April 69, May 30, June 29, July 32, August 20, September 23, October 42, November 93, December 101.
New Zealand732
West Coast Region261
Tasman Region172
Waikato Region142
Canterbury Region127
Bay of Plenty Region17
Gisborne Region6
Northland Region2
Hawke's Bay Region2
Auckland Region1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • Aquatic larvaLarval stage lives in water before becoming terrestrialFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
ClassDicots · Magnoliopsida
OrderHeathers, Balsams, Primroses, and Allies · Ericales
Familyheath family · Ericaceae
GenusDracophyllum

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise mountain neinei with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.