Other names:
Iphigenia novae-zelandiaeThreat category:
Threatened: Nationally Endangered?Regions:
Hawkes Bay, Canterbury, Otago, SouthlandDistribution:
North Island and South Island
Key Features
- A small, summer-green monocot herb. Plants 3-8 cm tall at flowering. Leaves linear and white solitary flower.
Distribution and Habitat
- Eastern South Island and inland Hawkes Bay (although it has not been found here recently).
- Ephemeral wetlands and depressions within tussock.
Threats
- Habitat modification and loss.
- Competition with invasive plants.
Management Opportunities
- Survey for new locations.
- Mark known sites.
- Protection of habitat.
- Weed control.
Monitoring Options
- Check existing populations annually.
- Report new locations to DOC, NZPCN.
Further Information and Support
- New Zealand Plant Conservation Network (NZPCN). http://www.nzpcn.org.nz
- Weed management - DOC, Regional Councils
- References:
- Dopson et al. (1999). The conservation requirements of New Zealand’s nationally threatened vascular plants. Threatened Species Occasional Publication 13. Department of Conservation, Wellington.
- Peter de Lange, Peter Heenan, David Norton, Jeremy Rolfe and John Sawyer (2010). Threatened Plants of New Zealand. Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. 472 pp.