Elatostema rugosum, one of our few New Zealand native perennials that is found supposedly only in the North Island, is an herbacious grou...Read Morend cover, and is a member of the nettle family. It grows happily by streamsides and ponds, favouring wet, damp and shady areas. The sharply serrated leaves - Taniwha being Maori for shark - are green, pink and purple with a veined and rough appearance. The sun turns the leaves purple, otherwise they remain green if growing in very shaded spots.
Elatostema rugosum, one of our few New Zealand native perennials that is found supposedly only in the North Island, is an herbacious grou...Read More