''Dracophyllum townsonii'' is a species of shrub or small tree endemic to the north of New Zealand's

South Island The South Island ( , 'the waters of Pounamu, Greenstone') is the largest of the three major islands of New Zealand by surface area, the others being the smaller but more populous North Island and Stewart Island. It is bordered to the north by ...

. It was first described by Thomas Cheeseman in 1906 and gets the

specific epithet In Taxonomy (biology), taxonomy, binomial nomenclature ("two-term naming system"), also called binary nomenclature, is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin gramm ...

''townsonii'' after the chemist and plant collector William Townson. In the heath family

Ericaceae The Ericaceae () are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with about 4,250 known species spread acros ...

'','' it inhabits mountain slopes and reaches a height of 3–6 m.

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townsonii Endemic flora of New Zealand Plants described in 1906 {{Ericaceae-stub