Golden Tainui flower buds
Photo by Lorraine Neill
Flower buds of pomaderris kumeraho, also known as golden tainui for its clusters of bright yellow flowers in spring. Also sometimes referred to as gumdigger’s soap or proverty weed, because in early colonial times, the flowers were used by gumdiggers and other Europeans as soap (they make a soapy lather when mixed with a little water). Endemic to parts of the North Island.
Lorraine Neill - Excio Gallery
Out and about borrowing. “You don’t take a photograph. You ask quietly to borrow it” -Unknown.
