Dracophyllum pronum

Dracophyllum pronum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Ericales
Family:	Ericaceae
Genus:	Dracophyllum
Species:	D. pronum
Binomial name
Dracophyllum pronum W.R.B. Oliver
Synonyms [1]
Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium Hook.f. Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium Cheeseman Dracophyllum muscoides Armstrong Dracophyllum rosmarinifolium Betts

Dracophyllum pronum, commonly known as trailing neinei, is a species of sprawling shrub endemic to the South Island of New Zealand. It was first described by Walter Oliver in 1928 and gets the specific epithet pronum for its prostrate growth habit. In the heath family Ericaceae , it inhabits montane and subalpine areas and reaches a height of just 1–25 cm. ^{[2] [1]}

References

1. Venter, Stephanus (March 2021). "A taxonomic revision of the Australasian genera Dracophyllum and Richea (Richeeae: Styphelioideae: Ericaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 34 (2): 131–136. doi:10.1071/SB19049_CO. ISSN   1030-1887.
2. de Lange, Peter. "Dracophyllum pronum". New Zealand Plant Conservation Network. Archived from the original on 2021-01-28. Retrieved 2021-01-30.