Dracophyllum lessonianum
{{Short description|Species of flowering plant in the heath family Ericaceae}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=July 2024}}
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| image = Dracophyllum lessonianum 113141490.jpg
| image_caption = Dracophyllum lessonianum growing near Lake Kaiiwi, Northland
| genus = Dracophyllum
| parent = Dracophyllum subg. Oreothamnus
| species = lessonianum
| authority = A.Rich.
}}
Dracophyllum lessonianum, commonly known as the gumland grass tree, is a species of tree or shrub in the heath family Ericaceae. It is endemic to the North Island of New Zealand. D. lessonianum was first described by the French botanist Achille Richard in 1832.{{cite web |title=Dracophyllum lessonianum |url=https://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora/species/dracophyllum-lessonianum/ |website=New Zealand Plant Conservation Network |access-date=21 December 2021 |language=en}}{{cite book |last1=Ornduff |first1=Robert |title=Review of Flora of New Zealand. vol. I: Indigenous Tracheophyta: Psilopsida, Lycopsida, Filicopsida, Gymnospermae, Dicotyledones |date=1963 |pages=66–68 |jstor=41431639 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/41431639.pdf |access-date=21 December 2021}}{{cite web |title=Flora of New Zealand {{!}} Taxon Profile {{!}} Dracophyllum lessonianum |url=https://www.nzflora.info/factsheet/taxon/Dracophyllum-lessonianum.html |website=Flora of New Zealand |access-date=21 December 2021}}
Gallery
Dracophyllum lessonianum 5599277.jpg|Dracophyllum lessonianum in Awaiti, Waikato Region
Dracophyllum lessonianum 113141502.jpg|Flowers of Dracophyllum lessonianum
Dracophyllum lessonianum A.Rich. (AM AK339501).jpg|Herbarium specimen from the Auckland War Memorial Museum
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Category:Endemic flora of New Zealand
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