Carex litorosa or sea sedge is endemic to the North, South and Stewart Islands.
It is found coastally in salty, brackish marshes and on sandy, tidal river banks. An upright sedge to 800 mm tall (but usually smaller), that forms pale green or reddish, dense tussocks with curly tops. Leaves are flat on one side, curved on the other and slightly serrated along the edge, 1.5 mm wide and about the same length as the flower stem. It flowers from October to December with seed heads developing from December to April (but seedheads long persistent). Carex litorosa is in serious decline and in some areas it has almost disappeared due to habitat loss through coastal development. Encroachment by weeds is a serious problem in the North Island, especially from species such as spartina, tall fescue and Carex divisa. In Christchurch it is found around the estuarine areas and is in serious decline almost to the point of being lost, especially after damage to areas due to the earthquakes, that it has been growing.

 Carmichaelia petriei, desert broom, butterfly broom, or pukaki is endemic to the South Island, where it grows in coastal lowland areas to montane grasslands east of the Southern Alps from Lake Pukaki in the McKenzie country to Central Otago and central Southland. It is a very distinctive, stout, erect and openly much branched, leafless shrub up to 2m. It has grooved branchlets that can be round or slightly compressed, and have distinctive yellow pointed tips. It seldom has leaves as the green stems take their place.  In dry areas the stems may be a yellow-green while in less dry areas they tend to be greener. It has purple flowers flushed with white from November and seed pods from February containing seeds that are greenish yellow and sometimes are mottled with black. It is extremely hardy! This plant is unfortunately grazed to the ground by sheep, cattle, hares and rabbits.

Lobelia macrodon syn. Pratia macrodon, or mountain pratia is endemic to the South Island. It is found in subalpine to high alpine regions in grasslands, herbfields, rocky areas, depleted grassland, shrubland, scree margins and fellfields from 700-1900m asl. It is an attractive, creeping, wide-spreading plant that has thick shiny medium green toothed leaves. It has sweetly scented creamy-yellow to creamy-white coloured flowers from December to February that can cover almost the entire plant, hiding the leaves. On a warm day the scent is quiet noticeable from a short distance from the plant. The flowers are followed by purplish green fruit from November to December. It  makes a very good rock garden plant, and will grow best in full sun in scree type soils or in a firm gritty soil that remains reasonably moist. Can suffer slug  and snail damage.

Muehlenbeckia axillaris, creeping pohuehue or creeping muehlenbeckia is indigenous to New Zealand, and is found in the North Island from East Cape and Taupo southwards, and throughout the South Island where it is abundant. It is also found in Tasmania, Victoria and New South Wales in Australia.  It is found growing in mountain to lower subalpine riverbeds, gravelly and rocky places, and open grasslands from sea-level to 1370asl. A dense groundcover  of up to 15cm high and 1m across with wiry stems and small dark green leaves, pohuehue flowers prolifically in summer with masses of small creamy flowers. Male and female flowers often occur on the same plant and the female flowers form small opaque white fruit. It spreads along the ground and even underground. It is hardy for sunny, partial shade & dry areas.

Jovellana sinclairii or NZ calceolaria is endemic , and can be found from Hicks Bay, in the North Island southwards.  It is found growing in shady sites along both coastal and inland forest margins and stream sides. It is a sprawling native calceolaria up to half a metre tall that has soft opposite leaves, dark green to yellow-green above and light green or pinkish below on stems that are up to 0.8 m long, green or red, laxly branched, slender, initially sprawling, otherwise ascendant with bases becoming woody with age; upper branches numerous, slender, finely grooved, often bearing minute leaflets in axils. In late spring/mid summer (October to February) it has attractive bell-shaped flowers with white petals with purple spots.  In a home garden situation it likes a well drained, shady sight. It is frost sensitive so placement is important and it does not like full sun or dry areas. It is chronically threatened and in gradual decline.

Helichrysum dimorphum, climbing everlasting daisy or Living Dead plant is endemic to the South Island, and is presently known only from the Poulter, Esk and Puffer catchments where they drain into the Waimakariri River. However, there is also an old record from Piano Flat, Southland.
This threatened species due to its declining population is found in lowland to montane situations, it is usually found on river terraces and alongside river gorges, always in grey scrub, where it is primarily associated with matagouri (Discaria toumatou) shrubs.  Seriously threatened by aerial spraying for gorse (Ulex europaeus), and by scrub fires. This species often grows within and through matagouri (Discaria toumatou), Corokia cotoneater and some Coprosma species so it is easily overlooked. Matagouri is easily burned and considered to be a pest in some parts of the country, and because of clearance of matagouri this may have been a factor in the historic decline of Helichrysum dimorphum, and remains a serious potential threat to this day, with the total population believed to be only about 200-300 plants in the wild and declining. A large colony of several hundred plants were destroyed in 1978 by aerial spraying that was done to kill noxious weeds, and some populations are being overrun by introduced weeds like broom (Cystus scoparius). Dimorphum means occurring in two different forms and this is true of this plant when you look at its foliage which is of a greyish-brown colour and often flattened along the branchlets, giving this plant the appearance that it is dead, hence one of its common names the Living Dead plant. It has small white, amazingly scented flowers from December to April. This small shrub or scrambling liane can scramble or climb for 8m, and does best in semi-shade or planted at the base of a shrub through which it can sprawl. It does not like humid climates.

 Leptinella pyrethrifolia var. pyrethrifolia or mountain pincushion is endemic to the North and South Islands. It is found in the North Island from Ruahine Ranges south, and in the South Island from Marlborough and Nelson to southern Canterbury, in subalpine to alpine (600-2000m a.s.l.), usually along stream and river banks, at the base of talus and scree slopes, or on rocky ridges, or near and growing on rock outcrops. This aromatic creeping perennial herb forms circular patches up to 1 m wide, with rhizomes on soil surface or that intertangle and lie on older, decaying rhizomes. It has light to medium green fleshy, glabrous leaves that are deeply cut into 1-5 pairs of lobes.  This gynodioecious plant (having female flowers on one plant and hermaphrodite flowers on another plant of the same species) has sweetly scented cream to white prominent flower-heads (8-16mm across)  that are borne on long stalks (5-10cm long) from November to February. As it is a plant that is found naturally in moist, open sites such as streamsides, gravel banks, shady rock ledges, damp grasslands and fellfields, it prefers a moist soil. It will tolerate, heavy frost, full sun in an exposed site, and is excellent in a pot.

Sophora chathamica, Chatham Island kowhai or coastal kowhai is endemic to the North, South and Chatham Islands. It is probably only indigenous to the northern half of the North Island, where it is common in the west from the Tongaporutu River to Te Paki. In the east it is abundant south to about Thames, so far it has not been reported south and east of there. Very common around Auckland, the Hauraki Gulf and from Port Waikato south to Kawhia. There are some inland occurrences in the lower Waikato Basin. Disjunct occurrences around Wellington, the Chatham Islands and Whanganui Inlet may result from deliberate plantings by the Maori. A tree that grows up to 20 m tall, with one or more trunks with spreading to upright, sometimes hairy branches, with juveniles weakly twisted in shape and moderately to densely leafy. It is primarily a species of coastal forest, often on cliff faces or banks overlooking estuarine rivers or inlets, but also occasionally it is found in swamp forest. It has bright yellow flowers from August to November followed by seed pods from October to September. Plant in full sun or semi shade in any reasonable conditions with good drainage, do not like a water logged soil in winter. The main threat that faces all wild New Zealand kowhai species is the risk posed through planting for revegetation and horticultural purposes of hybrid material, foreign species, such as the Chilean Pelu (S. cassioides) and also of kowhai species outside their natural range.

Apium prostratum or Shore parsley is indigenous, and is known from the Kermadec, Three Kings, North, South, Stewart and Antipodes Islands. It is also found in eastern Australia as far north as Brisbane and along the whole coastline of southern Australia and Tasmania. It grows in coastal and lowland regions, very rarely montane. It is common on rock ledges, boulder falls, cliff faces, within petrel scrub on damp seepages, in peaty turf, saltmarshes, within estuaries on mud banks, around brackish ponds, and lagoons. Also found in freshwater systems such as around lake and tarn sides, along streams and rivers and in wet hollows occasionally well inland, and sometimes at considerable elevations. A variable, fleshy perennial herb with sprawling stems and glossy green leaves, it is easily grown from fresh seed and whole plants.  It is edible and pleasant tasting so it could be more widely used as a substitute for celery.