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8de6e2e1 | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @4dfae064 @f4f101c0 

What are those tiny plants? Moss?
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IceNine | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @1653012b @f4f101c0 

It's actually one plant, but only the tips are shown.  I don't know what plant it is (plant ID is not my strong point), I think it might be from the daisy family.
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Jon Sullivan | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @4dfae064 @1653012b Yes, it’s a daisy, in the genus Raoulia. Those are the vegetable sheep. Some are less poetically called scabweeds.

https://inaturalist.nz/taxa/147226
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IceNine | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @f4f101c0 @1653012b 

I did think it could be in that genus - but more used to seeing them up  around Mt Arthur in Tasman.
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Jon Sullivan | 1 years ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 @4dfae064 @1653012b Yes, Raoulia mostly grows in the mountains but they are also found in the gravels on braided rivers, and also on parts of old coastal dunes like Kaitorete.