Bartlett's rātā

Metrosideros bartlettii, also known as Bartlett's rātā, Cape Reinga white rātā or in Māori as Rātā Moehau, is one of twelve Metrosideros species endemic to New Zealand and is notable for its extreme rarity and its white flowers, somewhat uncommon in that genus of red-flowered trees and plants. Its natural range is in the far north of the North Island at Te Paki, in three patches of dense native forest near Spirits Bay (34° S) that...