See more… Mount Cook buttercup

November 2022

Read more from

November 2022

A spider and fly cupped in a Mount Cook buttercup on Brodrick Pass. Photo: Shaun Barnett/Black Robin Photography
Visit these five locations to see one of New Zealand’s most spectacular alpine plants in flower. It’s spring and the flowering season for alpine plants is fast approaching. One of the earliest plants to flower, and arguably the most spectacular, is the Mount Cook buttercup. A striking plant with large green-marbled leaves and bold white […]
Shaun Barnett

About the author

Shaun Barnett

More From See more

Related Topics

Similar Articles

See more … limestone icons

See more … Coves

See more … Mavis

Trending Now

Apply for the Shaun Barnett Memorial Scholarship

DOC’s best huts

Harris Saddle and Routeburn Falls Hut, Mount Aspiring National Park

Dobson Loop Track, Tararua Forest Park

Upgrading to ultralight without replacing everything

Subscribe!
Each issue of Wilderness celebrates Aotearoa’s great outdoors — written and photographed with care, not algorithms.Subscribe and help keep our wild stories alive.

Join Wilderness. You'll see more, do more and live more.

Already a subscriber?  to keep reading. Or…

34 years of inspiring New Zealanders to explore the outdoors. Don’t miss out — subscribe today.

Your subscriber-only benefits:

All this for as little as $6.75/month.

1

free articles left this month.

Already a subscriber? Login Now