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CELMESIA CORIACEA

A very handsome plant abundant on the mountains from Nelson to Dusky Bay. Leaves 10 – 12 inches long, bright with silvery cottony hairs, the underside of the leaf buff colour with thick white tomentum.

Flowers white, from 1 ½ – 3 inches in diameter. It is often called the leather plant of the colonist.