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Palm
Rhopalostylis baueri - Kermadec Is. Nikau
Large broad fronds on this tropical palm from the Kermadec Islands are most attractive. Red clusters of fruit.
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Palm
Rhopalostylis sapida - Nikau 
The only mainland palm. Slower growing than off shore island forms, but equally elegant.
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Vine
Ripogonum scandens - Supplejack
This slow growing vine eventually reaches the treetops. Bold compound leaves and abundant bright red berries.
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Herb
Rorippa divaricata - Matangaoa
Perennial herb. Light green leaves up to 15cm long and white flowers. All parts are delicately and pleasantly flavoured, and together with Cooks scurvy grass, native celery, and native spinach, make a great indigenous summer salad.
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Other
Rorippa laciniata - Matangaoa, Cut leaved cress,
Uncommon in New Zealand found growing in a wetland in Northland.
Delicious flavour - use raw in salads or steam lightly.
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Vine
Rubus australis - Bush lawyer
Thorny vine with rounded leaflets. Yellowish blackberry-like fruit (summer). It scrambles and clings to other shrubs.
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Vine
Rubus cissoides - Bush lawyer
Vigorous climber. Abundant white flowers (spring). Hooked foliage clings to other shrubs and trees.
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Ground Cover
Rubus parvus - Mountain bush lawyer
Simple foliage that is bronze-purple in winter. Bright red berries (summer-autumn).
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Vine
Rubus schmidelioides
An attractive but prickly vine, Much smaller than the relative Rubus cissioides. If planted in a place that is out of the way it would look good on trellis.
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Vine
Rubus squarrosus - Bush lawyer
Intriguing leafless vine with conspicuous bright yellow thorns along stems creating a skeletal look. Vigorous and thorny.
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Ground Cover
Rubus x Barkeri - Bush lawyer hybrid
Reddish-brown trifoliate foliage on this sterile hybrid makes a good groundcover. Vigorous and slightly prickly.
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Herb
Rumex flexuosus - Runa
An interesting endemic member of the Dock family, this sprawling plant has bronze foliage and wiry 'flexuous' flower and seed stalks. Generally confined to seasonally boggy and inundated sites, it will tolerate dry periods.
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Herb
Rumex neglectus - Maori Dock
A rare non invasive native species of dock. The leaves are light green and fleshy and the plants form a rosette.
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Fern
Rumohra adiantiformis - Climbing Shield fern
An attractive climbing fern, usually epiphytic on tree ferns. Slow growing with a long-creeping rhizome.
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Grass
Rytidosperma CAREX SP
Fine-leaved green clumping grass with delicate flowers well above foliage.
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Ground Cover
Samolus repens - Maakoako
Fleshy leaves coloured from green to brown. Coastal. Spreading. White flowers
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Ground Cover
Sarcocornia quinqueflora - Glasswort
Succulent grey-green stems. Slow growing plant which likes coastal banks and salt marshes.
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Ground Cover
Scaevola gracilis
A rare plant known only from the Kermadec Islands, but closely related to species widespread through the Pacific. A low groundcover with asymmetrical white flowers.
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Vine
Scandia geniculata
Coastal to montane in rock strewn ground, great plant for a hanging basket. Delicate white flowers.
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Shrub
Scandia rosifolia - Native Angelica
Aromatic glossy dark green foliage. Dill-like flower head on this large herbaceous plant. Likes sun and rocky sites.
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