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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)
- 4.10: Native Plants not in Taranaki
- 4.11: Exotic Trees & Shrubs (Local)
- 4.11.1: Abutilon pictum (Flowering Maple)
- 4.11.2: Acer rufinerve (Snake-bark Maple)
- 4.11.3: Albizia julibrissin (Silktree)
- 4.11.4: Araucaria araucana (Monkey Puzzle Tree)
- 4.11.5: Araucaria heterophylla (Norfolk Pine)
- 4.11.6: Azaleas genus:
- 4.11.7: Banksia genus:
- 4.11.8: Brugmansia arborea (White Angel's Trumpet)
- 4.11.9: Brugmansia aurea (Golden Angel’s Trumpet)
- 4.11.10: Brugmansia chlorantha
- 4.11.12: Brunfelsia genus: (Yesterday,Today & Tomorrow)
- 4.11.13: Bougainvillea genus:
- 4.11.14: Buddleja davidii (Orange Eye Buddleja)
- 4.11.15: Buddleia davidii (Buddleia White Profusion)
- 4.11.16: Camellias Japonica
- 4.11.17: Camellia Sasanquas
- 4.11.18: Catalpa speciosa (Northern Catalpa)
- 4.11.19: Cercis siliquastrum (Judas Tree)
- 4.11.20: Cercidiphyllum magnificum (Katsura))
- 4.11.21: Chimonanthus praecox (Wintersweet)
- 4.11.22: Clethra arborea (Lily of the Valley Tree)
- 4.11.23: Coleonema pulchellum (Confetti bush))
- 4.11.24: Clethra alnifolia 'Hummingbird' (Sweet Pepperbush)
- 4.11.25: Cork wings on trees
- 4.11.26: Cornus gebus: (Dogwood)
- 4.11.27: Cornus capitata (Himalayan Dogwood)
- 4.11.28: Cryptomeria japonica (Japanese Cedar)
- 4.11.29: Cupressus macrocarpa (Macrocarpa)
- 4.11.30: Cydonia oblonga (Quince)
- 4.11.31: Daphne bholua
- 4.11.32: Embothrium coccineum (Chilean fire bush)
- 4.11.33: Erythrina caffra (Coastal Coral Tree)
- 4.11.34: Erythrina x sykesii (Australian Coral Tree)
- 4.11.35: Euonymus
- 4.11.36: Erythrina crista-galli (Cockspur Coral Tree)
- 4.11.37: Erica arborea (Tree Heath)
- 4.11.38: Eucalyptus (Genus:) Blue Gum
Current page is 4.11.39: Genista stenopetala (Sweet Broom)
- 4.11.40: Ginkgo biloba (Ginkgo)
- 4.11.41: Gordonia axillaries (Franklinia axillaris) Fried egg plant
- 4.11.43: Grevillea rosmarinifolia (Rosemary Grevillea)
- 4.11.44: Hakea decurrens (Bushy Needlewood)
- 4.11.45: Idesia polycarpa Maxim (Chinese Wonder Tree)
- 4.11.46: Ilex aquifolium (Holly)
- 4.11.47: Ligustrum lucidum (Privet)
- 4.11.48: Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip Tree)
- 4.11.49: Luculia gratissima
- 4.11.50: Macadamia integrifolia (Macadamia)
- 4.11.51: Magnolia genus:
- 4.11.52: Malus cultivars (Crabapple)
- 4.11.53: Malvaceae genus: (Hibiscus)
- 4.11.54: Maple genus: (About)
- 4.11.55: Maple (Paperbark) Acer griseum
- 4.11.56: Maple (Japanese) Acer palmatum
- 4.11.57: Metasequoia glyptostroboides (Dawn Redwood)
- 4.11.58: Michelia doltsopa
- 4.11.59: Nerium oleander (Oleander)
- 4.11.60: Olearia phlogopappa (Dusty daisy bush)
- 4.11.61: Parrotia persica (Persian ironwood)
- 4.11.62: Paulownia tomentosa (Princess tree)
- 4.11.63: Phebalium genus:
- 4.11.64: Phoenix canariensis (Phoenix Palm)
- 4.11.66: Plectranthus saccatus (Stoep Jacaranda)
- 4.11.67: Populus yunnanensis (Yunnan poplar)
- 4.11.68: Prunoideae laurocerasus (Laurel Tree))
- 4.11.69: Prunus campanulata (Flowering Cherry)
- 4.11.70: Quercus (John Goodwin Oak Collection)
- 4.11.71: Quercus canarienis (Algerian Oak)
- 4.11.72: Quercus castanea (Castanea Oak)
- 4.11.73: Quercus coccinea (Scarlet Oak)
- 4.11.74: Quercus dentata (Daimyo Oak)
- 4.11.75: Quercus imbricaria (Shingle Oak)
- 4.11.76: Quercus libani (Lebanon Oak)
- 4.11.77: Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak)
- 4.11.78: Quercus palustris (Pin oak)
- 4.11.79: Quercus robur (Cypress Oak)
- 4.11.80: Quercus serrata (Red Oak)
- 4.11.81: Quercus variabilis (Chinese Cork Oak)
- 4.11.82: Rhododendron genus:
- 4.11.83: Senna corymbosa (Buttercup Tree)
- 4.11.84: Serissa Snowflake (Serissa foetida)
- 4.11.85: Sorbus aucuparia (Rowan)
- 4.11.86: Syzygium genus:(Lilly Pilly)
- 4.11.87: Tamarillo (Solanum betaceum)
- 4.11.88: Purple glory bush (Tibouchina urvilleana)
- 4.11.89: Tilia x europaea (Common lime)
- 4.11.90: Taxodium distichum (Swamp Cypress)
- 4.11.91: Taxus baccata (Yew)
- 4.11.92: Viburnum japonicum (Japanese viburnum)
- 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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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
Sweet Broom
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Fabales
Family: Fabaceae
Genus: Genista
Species: G. stenopetala
Binomial name Genista stenopetala
Common name: Sweet Broom, Easter Broom
Genista stenopetala (Sweet Broom) is an evergreen shrub growing to 3 m tall. The leaves are trifoliate, the leaflets 1-3 cm long, narrow elliptic, coated with fine silky, silvery hairs. The flowers are yellow, 1-2 cm long, produced in racemes 5-11 cm long. The fruit is a pod 2-3 cm long.
