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Prickly Heath or Mingimingi

Leptecophylla juniperina subsp. juniperina

Photo by Andrea Lim
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Field Notes

Description:

Rounded shrub to 2.5m, pungent leaves, small berries white through to red 5mm.

Habitat:

Common, growing on slopes of Mt Pauanui, New Zealand

Notes:

formally Cyathodes juniperina var. juniperina

Reference Links:

Leptecophylla juniperina - Overview, Leptecophylla juniperina

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PublishedMarch 28, 2013

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