DB outlier found by Chris from OPBG last month on a track at Boulder DOC Reserve. Unusual small delicate bright yellow flowers instead of orange. This hip-high bush was smothered by muehlenbeckia vine. It had two stems and was cut and pasted by me on 19 Sep 24. No seedlings found.
In damp leaf litter under the canopy of native bush
Melicytus
Observation made on behalf of Alf Webb who found this plant while engaged on weed control operations on Goat Island in the Otago Harbour. Plant photographed from specimen collected by @webb from Goat Island. This is not Melicytus alpinus and appears to correspond to similar plants on the Otago Peninsula that belong to an undescribed Melicytus species.
Urtica urens, common garden weed on high fertility sites
In road edge gravel alongside a small inlet
Flitting about in Phormium tenax during the day.
Occasional on rock outcrops in second growth native forest remnant
Corybas iridescens, occasional plants growing on damp bank in rough pasture
Raoulia glabra, locally common on rock outcrops in rough pasture
Massive tangled vines growing high into tall kowhai trees.
Stems lying on the ground frequently rooting in the damp leaf litter on the forest floor.
Flowers a more intense pink than Passiflora tripartita var azuayensis , which is widespread on the Otago Peninsula.
Oval fruits that remain yellow when ripe, and do not turn orange.
Leaves with toothed margin and hairy underside.
Could the more frequent layering and differences in flower and fruit colour indicate a different variety?
Corticolous.
Soredia associated with perforations.
Common on roadside.