Habitat: coast, dry, gully, hill, open, roadside, scrubland, sheltered, shrubland

Dispersal: Seed

Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
 Recognition
  • a deciduous woody climber with rounded stems.
  • its leaves sparsely hairy, green, thin, and once divided, and margin coarsely toothed,
  • its inflorescence in the axils of leaves, flowers solitary or clusters of 2-3.
  • its flowers erect, with 4 white or pink tepals each 29-37 mm long.
  • its fruit 4-5 mm long, hairless.
 Images
Image: D. Glenny © Landcare Research 2012
Image: D. Glenny © Landcare Research 2012
Weeds Key – interactive key to the weed species of New Zealand
 References
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.