Rubiaceae
Creeping mirrorplant
Coprosma repens
- Family
- Rubiaceae
- Genus
- Coprosma
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Common names
By language (3)
- English
- Creeping mirrorplant, Taupata
- Māori
- Taupata
- Welsh
- Coprosma
Synonyms
- Coprosma baueriana Hook.f.
- Coprosma baueriana unranked variegata Jacob-Makoy
- Coprosma retusa Banks & Sol. ex Hook.f.
- Coprosma stockii B.S.Williams
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Shrub
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.