Rengarenga (Arthropodium cirratum)

Common name: Rengarenga

Rengarenga is a hardy groundcover suited to coastal and forest-edge planting, valued for its resilience, ornamental qualities, and ability to stabilise soils.

Purei is a robust wetland sedge suited to stormwater treatment areas, wetland edges, and low-lying riparian planting.

Availability

Eco-sourced native plants are available for project-scale planting and grow-to-order programmes. Contact us to discuss plant supply.

Suitable for

Coastal planting

Forest margins and underplanting

Amenity and landscape planting

Characteristics

Height: up to 30–60cm

Form: clumping, strap-leaved perennial

Habitat: coastal cliffs, rocky areas, and forest margins

Light: full sun to partial shade

Frost tolerance: low to moderate

Restoration uses

Groundcover in coastal and forest-edge restoration

Soil stabilisation on slopes and banks

Amenity and urban planting

Weed suppression in planting schemes

Rongoā (traditional uses)

Knowledge of rongoā Māori is part of mātauranga Māori and traditionally held and practiced within whānau and hapū.

Many native plants hold significance within mātauranga Māori, including traditional uses in rongoā Māori. Where appropriate, we acknowledge these connections alongside ecological restoration uses.