It comes from the nectar of the flower of Leptospermum scoparium — also known as Manuka, which is only native to New Zealand. Mānuka, in fact, is a Maori word. "The plant itself is very rare.

A tiny population of rare native orchids has received a boost with the first-ever reintroduction of lab-grown seedlings into ...

Here is a list of ten of the most endangered and rarest plants in the world. Thought to be extinct in the wild, this rare flower blooms rarely in New Zealand. This cycad, a single-clone species, is ...

Formerly known as Chrysanthemum leucanthemum ... Mexican daisy is another weed becoming increasingly common in urban areas and waste places in New Zealand that looks similar, though this is also an ...

Our Changing World joins a group of botanists during their first ever attempt to reintroduce our rarest and most elusive ...

Another buttercup, Ranunculus lyalii, is the largest of all buttercups and indigenous to New Zealand. It has a large white flower with a yellow centre. It is also known as the Mount Cook lily ...

In New Zealand ... There is no known host plant for the new species and no pollen was found attached to the fossil.