# Plants: Christchurch records Every Plants record the archive holds about Christchurch, 469 of them, 1988, oldest first. 100 records shown of 469, each link goes to the institution that keeps the original. - [leafless clematis, Clematis afoliata Buchanan](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/759958), 1889-06-01, Plants - [sage, Salvia officinalis L.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/493306), 1889-12-13, Plants - [Hoheria populnea var. lanceolata Hook.f.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/2450783), 1891-03-01, Plants - [Veronica strictissima (Kirk) Garn.-Jones](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/260250), 1893-01-01, Plants - [Juncus subnodulosus Schrank](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1451238), 1893-01-01, Plants - [Epilobium insulare Hausskn.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/611554), 1893-01-01, Plants - [Juncus caespiticius E.Mey.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1442438), 1893-01-01, no. 1442438, Plants - [Schoenoplectus tabernaemontani (C.C.Gmel.) Palla](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1603806), 1893-01-01, Plants - [Veronica parviflora Vahl](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/233692), 1893-01-01, Plants - [rautawhiri, Pittosporum colensoi Hook.f.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1216036), 1893-01-01, Plants - [Veronica matthewsii Cheeseman](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/232704), 1893-01-01, Plants - [Veronica pimeleoides Hook.f.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/233951), 1893-01-01, Plants - [Veronica x lewisii pro. sp. J.B.Armstr.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1343812), 1893-01-01, Plants - [Leptinella minor Hook.f.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1281787), 1893-01-01, Plants - [Veronica chathamica Buchanan](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/230107), 1893-01-01, Plants - [raoriki, Ranunculus macropus Hook.f.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/821630), 1893-01-01, Plants - [Veronica amplexicaulis forma amplexicaulis](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/229175), 1893-01-01, Plants - [Juncus caespiticius E.Mey.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1442431), 1893-01-01, no. 1442431, Plants - [Whakataka; Hokotaka, Corokia macrocarpa Kirk](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/470567), 1893-01-01, Plants - [Veronica dieffenbachii Benth.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/230457), 1893-01-01, Plants - [Veronica stricta var. stricta Banks & Sol. ex Benth.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/249019), 1893-01-01, Plants - [leafless clematis, Clematis afoliata Buchanan](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/759975), 1895-10-25, Plants - [Whakataka; Hokotaka, Corokia macrocarpa Kirk](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/2490123), 1895-10-25, Plants - [pikiarero, Clematis forsteri J.F.Gmel.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/792961), 1895-10-25, Plants - [Veronica x fairfieldii Hook.f.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/236712), 1895-10-25, Plants - [Adder's tongue, Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1488357), 1896-03-30, Plants - [raoriki, Ranunculus macropus Hook.f.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/830169), 1899-03-01, Plants - [matagouri, Discaria toumatou Raoul](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1243020), 1908-01-01, Plants - [Anthosachne scabra (R.Br.) Nevski](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/558808), 1908-01-01, Plants - [Veronica bollonsii Cockayne](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/229991), 1914-03-01, Plants - [Myosotis australis subsp. australis R.Br.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/493033), 1915-01-01, no. 493033, Plants - [Myosotis australis subsp. australis R.Br.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/469860), 1915-01-01, no. 469860, Plants - [Myosotis australis subsp. australis R.Br.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/469861), 1915-01-01, no. 469861, Plants - [Veronica](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1345084), 1915-05-01, Plants - [Myosotis australis subsp. australis R.Br.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/469883), 1917-04-01, Plants - [Myosotis australis subsp. australis R.Br.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/469891), 1917-09-01, no. 469891, Plants - [Myosotis australis subsp. australis R.Br.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/469911), 1917-09-01, no. 469911, Plants - [Myosotis australis subsp. australis R.Br.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/469877), 1917-11-01, Plants - [Juncus australis Hook.f.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1427664), 1918-04-01, Plants - [karo, Pittosporum ralphii Kirk](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1225435), 1919-11-15, Plants - [Veronica pimeleoides Hook.f.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/233949), 1919-12-01, Plants - [woolly rock fern, Cheilanthes distans (R.Br.) Mett.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/281498), 1920-02-01, no. 281498, Plants - [woolly rock fern, Cheilanthes distans (R.Br.) Mett.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1624139), 1920-02-01, no. 1624139, Plants - [Blechnum membranaceum (Hook.) Diels](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/394041), 1920-02-01, Plants - [Einadia allanii (Aellen) Paul G.Wilson](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/2423362), 1920-02-01, no. 2423362, Plants - [Einadia allanii (Aellen) Paul G.Wilson](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/2423364), 1920-02-01, no. 2423364, Plants - [ground spleenwort, Asplenium appendiculatum subsp. appendiculatum (Labill.) C.Presl](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/377203), 1920-02-01, Plants - [Veronica x cassinioides pro. sp. Petrie](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1342593), 1927-11-01, Plants - [Gracilaria chilensis C.J.Bird et al.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1276854), 1929-02-15, Plants - [Pimelea](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1807522), 1929-11-15, Plants - [Veronica lavaudiana Raoul](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/490279), 1937-11-14, Plants - [hoho, Pseudopanax chathamicus Kirk](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/672244), 1940-01-01, Plants - [tutu, Coriaria sarmentosa G.Forst.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1465124), 1941-01-25, Plants - [Podocarpus andinus Poepp. ex Endl.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1463464), 1947-01-01, Plants - [Ginkgo biloba L.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/2383121), 1948-01-01, Plants - [kaikomako, Pennantia corymbosa J.R.Forst. & G.Forst.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1233284), 1948-01-01, Plants - [Male fern, Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/379778), 1948-01-01, Plants - [Ginkgo biloba L.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/2383120), 1948-04-01, Plants - [Helichrysum lanceolatum (Buchanan) Kirk](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/2007933), 1949-10-15, Plants - [butterfly fern, Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/365502), 1949-10-15, Plants - [Sophora prostrata Buchanan](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1304675), 1950-07-01, Plants - [butterfly fern, Asplenium flabellifolium Cav.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1383364), 1950-09-01, Plants - [red beech, Fuscospora fusca (Hook.f.) Heenan & Smissen](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1129268), 1950-10-20, Plants - [Male fern, Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/379776), 1950-11-22, Plants - [Veronica](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1344811), 1952-12-01, Plants - [Redwood, Sequoia sempervirens (Lamb.) Endl.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/599516), 1953-02-25, Plants - [Cedrus atlantica (Endl.) Carrière](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/2103578), 1953-02-25, Plants - [snow totara, Podocarpus nivalis Hook.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/654845), 1953-12-27, Plants - [Senecio glaucophyllus subsp. basinudus Ornduff](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/707100), 1954-07-01, Plants - [Rock fern, Cheilanthes sieberi subsp. sieberi Kunze](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1925867), 1955-01-01, no. 1925867, Plants - [Rock fern, Cheilanthes sieberi subsp. sieberi Kunze](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1905618), 1955-01-01, no. 1905618, Plants - [Carex coriacea Hamlin](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1485417), 1955-03-18, Plants - [Pellaea calidirupium Brownsey & Lovis](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1933248), 1955-10-21, Plants - [Adder's tongue, Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1922882), 1955-10-21, no. 1922882, Plants - [Adder's tongue, Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1913648), 1955-10-21, no. 1913648, Plants - [Rock fern, Cheilanthes sieberi subsp. sieberi Kunze](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1913651), 1955-10-21, no. 1913651, Plants - [Rock fern, Cheilanthes sieberi subsp. sieberi Kunze](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1913650), 1955-10-21, no. 1913650, Plants - [Adder's tongue, Ophioglossum coriaceum A.Cunn.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1452696), 1955-10-21, no. 1452696, Plants - [Carex coriacea Hamlin](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1485412), 1956-02-08, Plants - [Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/654850), 1956-09-01, Plants - [Libocedrus bidwillii Hook.f.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/654848), 1957-10-01, Plants - [snow totara, Podocarpus nivalis Hook.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/654849), 1957-11-22, Plants - [snow totara, Podocarpus nivalis Hook.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/654846), 1958-02-06, Plants - [Asplenium bulbiferum G.Forst. x A. oblongifolium Colenso](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/392987), 1958-06-11, Plants - [Astelia](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1355202), 1959-01-13, Plants - [Hedera helix](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1354392), 1959-01-13, Plants - [Solanum nigrum L.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1354509), 1959-01-13, Plants - [Taxus baccata L.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1354492), 1959-01-13, Plants - [Urtica urens L.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1354489), 1959-01-13, Plants - [Lycium ferocissimum Miers](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1355617), 1959-01-13, Plants - [Rhododendron ponticum L.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1354896), 1959-01-13, Plants - [Pastinaca sativa L.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1354727), 1959-01-13, Plants - [Avena fatua L.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1355206), 1959-01-13, Plants - [Avena sativa L.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1355205), 1959-01-13, Plants - [Vicia sativa L.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1354364), 1959-01-13, Plants - [Lycium chinense Mill.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1355609), 1959-01-13, Plants - [Hydrocotyle americana L.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1354924), 1959-01-13, Plants - [Ligustrum ovalifolium Hassk.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1354925), 1959-01-13, Plants - [Convolvulus arvensis L.](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1355274), 1959-01-13, Plants - [Sambucus nigra 'viridis'](https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/object/1355562), 1959-01-13, Plants ## Questions, answered briefly **What was the Plants?** A newspaper on the Papers Past shelf, the archive holds 469 of its records that mention Christchurch, 1988. The full run lives at the National Library, not here. **How much of the Plants does the archive hold?** 469 records, the #24 heaviest file of the 280 mastheads on the shelf. **Where are the Plants originals?** Papers Past, the National Library’s newspaper archive, every record row here links out to the issue it came from. --- The originals live at Papers Past (paperspast.natlib.govt.nz) · data: https://api.chch.live/paper?slug=plants · the laid-out page: https://www.chch.live/paper/plants Printing beside it: Photography, https://www.chch.live/paper/photography · Natural Science, https://www.chch.live/paper/natural-science · Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, https://www.chch.live/paper/records-of-the-office-of-the-secretary-of-defense · Human History, https://www.chch.live/paper/human-history · Documentary Heritage, https://www.chch.live/paper/documentary-heritage · NZmuseums, https://www.chch.live/paper/nzmuseums · Matapihi, https://www.chch.live/paper/matapihi · 2025 Photo Hunt, https://www.chch.live/paper/2025-photo-hunt