South Island tātarāmoa
foliage palette: dark green
fruit & flower palette: cream
Rubus schmidelioides var. subpauperatus | South Island tātarāmoa, bush lawyer, white-leaved lawyer
Uses backward-pointing prickles to climb trees and shrubs this vine is found in lowland to montane forests It produces cream-white flowers in spring and yellow/orange berries in summer. A dioecious vine, it thrives in well-drained loamy soil, in sun or semi-shade, growing up to 3m.