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- 4: Friends of Te Henui
- 4.1: Friends of Te Henui
- 4.2: About NZ National walkway "Te Henui"
- 4.3: Map of the walkway (Printable)
- 4.4: Videos of the walks in the Te Henui Valley
- 4.5: Aerial photograph showing tree positions, tracks and entrances.
- 4.6: Native Trees & Shrubs (Taranaki)
- 4.7: Native Trees & Shrubs not in Taranaki
- 4.8: Hebes and their cultivars and hybrids
- 4.9: Native Plants (Taranaki)
- 4.9.1: Acaena caesiiglauca (Glaucous Bidibid)
- 4.9.2: Acaena inermis 'Purpurea' (Purple Bidibid)
- 4.9.3: Acaena microphylla (Scarlet Bidibid)
- 4.9.4: Acaena novae-zelandiae (Bidibid)
- 4.9.5: Acaena profundeincisa
- 4.9.6: Anemanthele lessoniana (Gossamer grass (Gossamer grass)
- 4.9.7: Arthropodium cirratum (Renga renga lily)
- 4.9.8: Astelia chathamica (Chatham Islands Astelia)
- 4.9.9: Astelia fragrans (Bush lily)
- 4.9.10: Astelia grandis (Swamp Astelia)
- 4.9.11: Cassinia vauvilliersii (Mountain Cottonwood)
- 4.9.12: Carex geminata 9Wetland cutty grass)
- 4.9.13: Carex tenuiculmis (Red-leaved Sedge)
- 4.9.14: Celmisia mackaui (Akaroa Daisy)
- 4.9.15: Chionochloa pallens (Mid-ribbed snow tussock)
- 4.9.16: Clematis paniculata (Clematis, Puawhananga)
- 4.9.17: Collospermum hastatum (Perching lily)
- 4.9.18: Dactylanthus taylorii (Wood Rose)
- 4.9.19: Drosera auriculata (Cormous sundew)
- 4.9.20: Dianella intermedia (Blueberry, Turutu)
- 4.9.21: Freycinetia banksii (Kiekie)
- 4.9.22: Fuchsia procumbens variegata (Fuchsia Variegata)
- 4.9.23: Fuchsia procumbens (Creeping Fuchsia)
- 4.9.24: Fucshia perscandens (Scrambling Fuchsia)
- 4.9.25: Gingidia montana (Mountain carrot)
- 4.9.26: Gaultheria antipoda (Snowberry)
- 4.9.27: Elatostema rugosum (Parataniwha)
- 4.9.28: Euphorbia glauca (Sea spurge)
- 4.9.29: Gaultheria depressa var. novae-zelandiae (Mountain Snowberry)
- 4.9.30: Geranium 'Purple Passion'
- 4.9.31: Geranium sessiflorum (Nigrescens)
- 4.9.32: Geranium traversii (Chatham Island Geranium)
Current page is 4.9.33: Gunnera prorepens
- 4.9.34: Helichrysum selago (Mountain helichrysum)
- 4.9.35: Helichrysum (Silver Cushion)
- 4.9.36: Isotoma fluviatilis (Blue Star Creeper)
- 4.9.37: Jovellana sinclairii (Jovellana)
- 4.9.39: Leptinella minor (Banks Peninsula button daisy)
- 4.9.40: Libertia grandiflora) (New Zealand Iris)
- 4.9.41: Lobelia anceps (Swamp lobelia)
- 4.9.42: Lobelia angulata (Panakenake)
- 4.9.43: Leptecophylla juniperina (Prickly Mingimingi)
- 4.9.44: Libertia ixioides (Mikoikoi)
- 4.9.45: Leptinella calcarea
- 4.9.46: Leptinella dioica (Bachelors buttons)
- 4.9.47: Leptinella filiformis (Slender button daisy)
- 4.9.48: Leptinella pusilla (Purple Brass Buttons)
- 4.9.49: Leptinella rotundifolia
- 4.9.50: Leptinella squalida 'Platts Black'
- 4.9.51: Mazus novae-zelandiae
- 4.9.52: Mazus pumilio (Swamp Mazus)
- 4.9.53: Mazus radicans (Swamp Musk)
- 4.9.54: Metrosideros carminea (Crimson Rata Vine)
- 4.9.55: Metrosideros perforate (White Rata Vine)
- 4.9.56: Metrosideros fulgen (Red Rata Vine)
- 4.9.57: Muehlenbeckia astonii (Wirebrush)
- 4.9.58: Muehlenbeckia australis (Large-leaved Muehlenbeckia)
- 4.9.59: Muehlenbeckia axillaries (Creeping muehlenbeckia)
- 4.9.60: Myosotis pertiolata var pansa (Native Forget Me Not)
- 4.9.61: Ourisia macrophylla ssp. macrophylla (Mountain Foxglove)
- 4.9.62: Pachystegia minor (Marlborough Daisy)
- 4.9.63: Pachystegia insignis ( Marlborough Rock Daisy)
- 4.9.64: Parsonsia species (A Native jasmine)
- 4.9.65: Parahebe catarractae (Parahebe Snowcap)
- 4.9.66: Parahebe lyallii (Parahebe Blue Boy)
- 4.9.67: Phormium cookianum (Mountain Flax)
- 4.9.68: Phormium tenax (New Zealand Flax)
- 4.9.69: Pimelea prostrate (New Zealand Daphne)
- 4.9.70: Pimelea arenaria (Sand Daphne)
- 4.9.71: Raoulia parkii (Celadon mat daisy)
- 4.9.72: Rubus australis (Swamp lawyer)
- 4.9.73: Ranunculus hirtus
- 4.9.74: Ripogonum scandens (Supplejack vine)
- 4.9.75: Rubus barkeri
- 4.9.76: Rubus cissoids (Bush lawyer)
- 4.9.77: Rubus parvus (Creeping lawyer)
- 4.9.78: Scleranthus uniflorus (Cushion Plant)
- 4.9.79: Scleranthus biflorus (Cushion Plant)
- 4.9.80: Selliera radicans
- 4.9.81: Spiniflex sericeus (Beach Spinifex)
- 4.9.82: Typha orientalis (Bulrush)
- 4.9.83: Tecomanthe speciosa (Three Kings Vine)
- 4.9.84: Toetoe (Genus:Cortaderia)
- 4.9.85: Uncinia uncinata (Hook Grass)
- 4.9.86: Urtica ferox (Tree nettle)
- 4.9.87: Xeronema callistemon (Poor Knights lily)
- 4.10: Native Plants not in Taranaki
- 4.11: Exotic Trees & Shrubs (Local)
- 4.12: Exotic Plants (Local)
- 4.13: Orchids (Local & NZ)
- 4.14: Ferns (NZ)
- 4.15: Weeds & Escapee Plants (Local & NZ)
- 4.16: Mushrooms,Fungi & Moulds (Local & NZ)
- 4.17: Lichens (Local & NZ)
- 4.18: Club Mosses (Local & NZ)
- 4.19: Mosses (Local & NZ)
- 4.20: Liverworts (Local & NZ)
- 4.21: Maori names of Native Trees
- 4.22: Traditional plant use by Maori
- 4.23: Birds (Local)
- 4.24: Butterflies and Moths (Local)
- 4.25: Fauna (Local and NZ)
- 4.26: Flies, Bees, Wasps (Local & NZ)
- 4.27: Botanical Terms Explained
- 4.28: Insects (Local and NZ)
- 4.29: Snails,Slugs,Worms (Local)
- 4.30: Spiders & Relations (Local)
- 4.31: Local Historic Maori Sites
- 4.32: Historical Maori Walkway Tour, Te Ara Puāwai o Te Hēnui
- 4.33: Te Henui Vicarage (Historic Place)
- 4.34: Kete Te Henui
- 4.35: Forest and Bird Society Native Tree Planting
- 4.36: Forest and Bird Restoration Project
- 4.37: Working Bee Photos 8/3/10
- 4.38: Local Activities
- 4.39: Local Weed Removal
- 4.40: NPCC Planting etc.
- 4.41: Walkway Signs,etc.
- 4.42: The Friends Gallery
- 4.43: Environmental Monitoring Projects
- 4.44: New Plymouth & Taranaki Web Links
- 4.45: Contact Us
- 4.46: Admin Login
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- 3: Taranaki Kiwi Trust
4: Friends of Te Henui
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- 6: Royal Forest and Bird Society, Taranaki
- 7: Rotokare Scenic Reserve
- 8: New Zealand Herpetological Society
Gunnera (Gunnera prorepens)
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Gunnerales
Family: Gunneraceae
Genus: Gunnera This genus was named after the Norwegian botanist Johann Ernst Gunnerus.
Species: Gunnera prorepens (prorepens means creeping forward)
Gunnera prorepens a New Zealand native is a prostrate/spreading ground plant with bronze to purplish-green foliage. Occurs naturally in wet areas. It developes in summer bright red berries which stand above the foliage on small spokes up to 10cm tall. It has separate male and female plants.
Photographed at Te Kainga Marire Gardens at Spencer Place
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