Spaniard - Mt Dewar

Hardly a pretty plant, but strikingly handsome, at a distance. You don’t want to have a close acquaintance with it’s very sharp pointed leaves.

I walked up Mt Dewar this afternoon with M. and Missy. It’s quite a climb to the top and a stop up there was very welcome, sheltering from the wind behind some expensive looking communication equipment.

Aciphylla colensoi is a species of Aciphylla, commonly known as giant speargrass, Spaniard, or it's Māori-language name taramea. - Wikipedia.