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Pittosporum rigidum

<em>Pittosporum rigidum</em>

Pittosporum rigidum is an example of a small-leaved divaricating shrub. Until it produces its dark red flowers or seed capsules, it could be mistaken for any one of the dozens of similar-looking tangled shrubs of subalpine forest and scrubland.

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Photograph by Maggy Wassilieff

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Joanna Orwin. 'Shrubs and small trees of the forest', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, updated 25-Sep-11
URL: http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/shrubs-and-small-trees-of-the-forest/8/4