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Southern rātā is a beautiful specimen tree, but growth can be slow unless it is grown in ideal conditions with moist soil. It is easily grown from fresh seed. While it is possible to grow the tree from softwood or semi-hardwood cuttings, these often prove reluctant to strike roots. It is ideal for
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Although southern rātā is not regarded as threatened, it is rather uncommon in the North Island, and in certain areas it is threatened by possum browse. In the
Tararua range, southern rātā populations appear to have been replaced by a population consisting of hybrids between northern and southern
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The flowers of southern rātā are scarlet, with stamens about 2 centimetres (0.79 in) long. White or yellow flowers are also known. Flowering usually occurs between
December and February, but this depends on local conditions. Leaves are from 3 centimetres (1.2 in) to 6 centimetres
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Zealand tree rātā species. It is locally present in the
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Variegated cultivar with yellow leaf margins. Sourced from
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Reverse variegated cultivar. Sourced from side-shoot of
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Pōhutukawa & Rātā: New
Zealand's Iron-Hearted Trees
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visit rātā to take advantage of the abundant nectar.
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Zealand. Auckland Islands not shown.
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783:Deliberate interspecific hybrid.
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466:at a place called Burning Mine.
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1199:The Native Trees of New Zealand
1092:. Vibrant Earth. Archived from
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642:at a place called Mt Augustus.
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1715:Flora of the Auckland Islands
1201:. Wellington: Heinneman Reed.
1730:Garden plants of New Zealand
1710:Endemic flora of New Zealand
1282:Kermadec Island pōhutukawa (
1208:. Wellington: Te Papa Press.
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234:, is a tree endemic to
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1720:Trees of New Zealand
1197:Salmon, J.T., 1986.
1123:Flora of New Zealand
885:Metrosideros robusta
877:Metrosideros excelsa
852:Great Barrier Island
850:Sourced from either
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742:‘Sparrow’s Hybrid’
426:‘Denniston Yellow’
263:Freycinetia banksii
218:(G. Forst) A. Rich
216:Metrosideros lucida
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768:
760:Christchurch
740:M. umbellata
739:
716:M. umbellata
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696:M. umbellata
695:
672:M. umbellata
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648:M. umbellata
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624:M. umbellata
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616:M. umbellata
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612:M. umbellata
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598:‘Moonlight’
596:M. umbellata
595:
568:M. umbellata
567:
560:Nugget Point
555:Joe Cartman
546:‘Harlequin’
544:M. umbellata
543:
536:M. umbellata
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527:Joe Cartman
516:M. umbellata
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424:M. umbellata
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400:M. umbellata
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380:White/cream
372:M. umbellata
371:
344:At least 16
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317:Conservation
303:South Island
299:North Island
295:South Island
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289:Distribution
261:species and
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1553:iNaturalist
1447:Wikispecies
1360:M. colensoi
1351:M. carminea
844:Bright red
774:late-1990s
751:Mr Sparrow
732:Lake Wānaka
677:Late 1970s
664:Lake Wānaka
650:‘Red Tips’
629:Late-1970s
573:late-1990s
508:Otira Gorge
459:Deane Keir
450:‘Fireball’
435:Deane Keir
405:Late 1970s
388:the Catlins
336:Cultivation
250:Description
236:New Zealand
87:Angiosperms
1699:Categories
1633:kew-126584
1628:Plant List
1396:M. diffusa
1378:M. fulgens
1322:M. robusta
1275:M. excelsa
1266:Pōhutukawa
1183:2013-07-30
1150:2010-10-02
1128:2007-06-09
1046:2015-05-25
947:2009-06-18
909:References
756:Avon River
721:Mid-1990s
653:Mid-1990s
618:‘Lowmoo’.
584:Kaka Point
538:‘Lownug’.
377:mid-1980s
330:pōhutukawa
1342:Rātā vine
549:md-1980s
480:Deep red
346:cultivars
275:bellbirds
151:Species:
133:Myrtaceae
57:Kingdom:
1659:22100004
1654:Tropicos
1571:598343-1
1438:Q1461888
1432:Wikidata
870:See also
777:Scarlet
390:, South
244:epiphyte
208:Synonyms
129:Family:
123:Myrtales
100:Eudicots
1669:5923055
1532:3185286
1506:5448757
1260:species
1100:16 June
1070:21 June
570:‘Kaka’
374:‘Alba’
258:Astelia
139:Genus:
119:Order:
61:Plantae
1666:uBio:
1620:412131
1591:NZOR:
1584:101989
1558:403879
1545:447542
1480:680066
856:Nelson
366:Notes
322:rātā.
273:, and
230:, the
113:Rosids
1602:NZPCN
1519:MTDUM
1493:42JZN
1467:66385
1177:(PDF)
1166:(PDF)
1032:(PDF)
998:(PDF)
841:2007
820:1985
795:1985
745:1994
701:2002
601:2001
588:Otago
576:Pink
521:1992
477:1995
453:1993
429:1995
392:Otago
107:Clade
94:Clade
81:Clade
68:Clade
1641:POWO
1579:NCBI
1566:IPNI
1540:GRIN
1527:GBIF
1514:EPPO
1475:BOLD
1462:APNI
1295:Rātā
1102:2015
1072:2015
748:Red
724:Red
704:Red
680:Red
656:Red
632:Red
604:Red
552:Red
524:Red
408:Red
267:Kākā
182:Cav.
1677:WFO
1607:978
1501:EoL
1488:CoL
758:in
271:tūī
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