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IDd as Melicytus novae-zelandiae or Coastal Mahoe

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MikeHardman

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Re: Shrub
« Reply #15 on: September 04, 2011, 05:49:43 PM »
That's the best I can come up with. Happy enough to go with that for now.
Like you, I would like to see a few photos to help confidence (photos of all the species of Melicytus, not just M. novae-zelandiae; there are some others I haven't found.)

Thanks, John, for posting this photo. Interesting for me to see such Viola-relatives.
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pamela

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Re: Shrub
« Reply #16 on: September 04, 2011, 07:45:32 PM »
Hello John ...was I right ...was it a Mahoe????
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John

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Re: Shrub
« Reply #17 on: September 05, 2011, 12:03:32 AM »
Well Pamela we seem to have decided it is probably Coastal Mahoe which I think the information I found said it was restricted to coastal areas of northern North Island.
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John
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Marilyn

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Re: Shrub
« Reply #18 on: October 20, 2011, 04:37:46 PM »
Did the flowers, being such diminuitive characters, have a fragrance?
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John

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Re: Shrub
« Reply #19 on: October 20, 2011, 06:54:35 PM »
I honestly can't remember. I suspect either not or not necessarily lovely!
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