"Aotearoa has at least 2,200 native species of flowering plants that have evolved in our unique conditions, and the vast majority of them grow nowhere else on earth. This has made New Zealand a natural laboratory for studies of flower biology and a vibrant wonderland of gardens and bush for Mori and Pkeh to enjoy. He Puwai is a natural history of New Zealand flowers, focusing on 100 native species to represent the full range of flower phenomena of Aotearoa - from familiar iconic flowers of k¿whai, mnuka and p¿hutukawa to oddities like the water-pollinated flowers of eelgrass, bat-pollinated blossoms of kiekie, and the worlds smallest flowers, Wolffia. Each flowers text describes and explains its structure and functions, alongside over 500 remarkable photographs that enable the reader (with the viewer included in the book) to view the flowers miraculously in 3D. For gardeners and foragers, for bush walks and coffee tables, He Puwai is an inspirational natural history of the native flowers of Aotearoa."--Publisher information.