Alpine Plants of Mt Lyford,

Trip to Mt Lyford December 2014 and 1 January 2015.


We were lucky enough to be taken up the water supply valley and climb onto the rock scree to find many of these plants. 

Mt Lyford is on the border between Canterbury and Marlborough Provinces.


I will write some more about the individual plants and post it on this blog.

Bulbinella species - Maori Onion

Pterostylis species - Greenhood Orchids

Prasophyllum colensoi - Common Leek Orchid

Simpliglottis cornuta - Green Bird Orchid

This one shows a natural variegation on the leaf

Ourisia species

Gunnera dentata

Mysostis traversii

Pseudognaphalium luteoalbum 

Brachyglottis monroi

Craspedia lantana var elongata

Leptinella atrata var luteola

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Stellaria roughii - Scree chickweed

Helichrysum coralloides