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Daisy: Common Vegetable Sheep, Nelson Lakes
Plants, alpine: Daisy: Common Vegetable Sheep, Nelson Lakes
Two types of 'vegetable sheep'. The silvery-grey Common vegetable sheep, Raoulia eximia has invaded the larger yellowy-grey Giant vegetable sheep, Haastia pulvinaris. They are both members of the daisy family. This is at about 1550 metres.

December 2002