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> Rare and Endangered > Wood rose, flower
of Hade
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name: Wood rose, flower of Hade, Pua-o-te-reinga
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Botanical
name: Dactylanthus taylorii |
| Family: Balanophoraceae |
Maximum height: Ground
cover |
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Where found:
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- Forest, rare.
- Several sites in Egmont National Park.
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| Description: |
- A root parasite on a wide range of forest trees.
- The main part of the plant is a warty ball like structure (up
to the size of a baseball) on a root of the host tree.
- Small flowering shoots break through the surface of the ground.
Flowers are pinkish brown and quite fragrant.
- Male and female flowers are borne on separate plants.
- Preferred food of possums, especially flowers and buds
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