View a table of the optimal time of year and what to look for when collecting native seeds of grasses, sedges, lilies, flaxes, epiphytes and climbers.
Read this in conjunction with the Seed collection and propagation guide for grasses, sedges, lilies, flaxes, epiphytes and climbers.
| Botanical name | Common name | Colour of ripe fruit/seed case | Feb | Mar April |
May June |
July- Oct | Nov- Jan |
| Grasses, sedges, lilies, flaxes | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Astelia grandis | swamp astelia | yellow | |||||
| Austroderia fulvida | toetoe | white | y | y | |||
| Carex species | brown | y | y | ||||
| Cyperus ustulatus | giant umbrella sedge | brown | y | y | |||
| Dianella nigra | turutu | blue fruit | y | ||||
| Gahnia species | orange/brown/black | y | y | ||||
| Machaerina species | orange/brown/black/white | y | |||||
| Microlaena avenacea | bush rice grass | buff | y | y | |||
| Phormium cookianum | mountain flax/wharariki | black | y | y | |||
| Phormium tenax | swamp flax/harakeke | black | y | y | |||
| Uncinia uncinata | hook sedge | brown | |||||
| Climbers and epiphytes | |||||||
| Clematis paniculata | puawhananga | white | y | ||||
| Collospermum hastatum | kahakaha | orange fruit | y | y | |||
| Freycinetia banksii | kiekie | green/yellow fruit | y | y | |||
| Parsonsia heterophylla | kaihua/ NZ jasmine | brown/black pod | y | y | |||
| Passiflora tetrandra | kohia/NZ passionfruit | orange fruit | y | y | y | ||
| Metrosideros diffusa or perforata | akatea | brown capsule | y | y | |||