Raoulia eximea - Vegetable Sheep
Described by Metcalf (1993) a leading authority on NZ native plants as 'one of the most extraordinary of our native shrubs and possibly one of the most extraordinary shrubs in the world'.
It forms large cushion-shaped masses up to 60 cm high and up to 2 m across in the high alpine areas on the dryer ranges east of the main divide in the South Island of New Zealand.
It forms large cushion-shaped masses up to 60 cm high and up to 2 m across in the high alpine areas on the dryer ranges east of the main divide in the South Island of New Zealand.