12 Feb 2021

Critter of the Week: The Vegetable Sheep

From Afternoons, 3:35 pm on 12 February 2021

This week's critter is a very New Zealand one. It's a very unique alpine plant that's actually a member of the daisy family. DOC's Nic Toki talks to Jesse about the plant species that looks and feels like a sheep.

Vegetable sheep Raoulia eximia Mt Ida Otago DOCsupplied

Vegetable sheep Haastia pulvinaris Lake Constance Jane Gosden w

vegetable sheep photo credit Nuytsia tas - Flickr

Vegetable sheep Raoulia buchananii Way Spur Eyre Mountains Fiordland National Park DOC supplied

Vegetable sheep CC BY - photo credit darmozrac iNaturalist.jpeg

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