Hoheria lyallii

{{Short description|Species of tree}}

{{Use New Zealand English|date=November 2024}}

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|image = Hoheria lyallii kz1.jpg

|image_caption = H. lyallii in Mount Cook Village, Canterbury, New Zealand

|genus = Hoheria

|species = lyallii

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| title= Hoheria lyallii | publisher= The Plant List |accessdate=6 March 2018}}{{cite web

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| title= Hoheria lyallii Hook.f. | publisher = International Plant Names Index | accessdate = 6 March 2018}}

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Hoheria lyallii, the mountain lacebark, is a species of flowering plant in the mallow family Malvaceae, native to New Zealand, where it grows on drier mountainous areas of South Island — mainly in eastern Canterbury and Marlborough. Growing to {{convert| 7|m|ft|abbr=on}}, it is a deciduous shrub or small tree with hairy leaves and slightly scented white flowers in summer.{{cite web | url = http://www.nzpcn.org.nz/flora_details.aspx?ID=822 | title = Hoheria lyallii | publisher = New Zealand Plant Conservation Network | accessdate = 6 March 2018}}

The Latin specific epithet lyallii honours the Scottish naturalist and explorer David Lyall (1817–1895). In cultivation in the United Kingdom this plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.{{cite web | url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/8774/i-Hoheria-lyallii-i/Details | title = RHS Plantfinder - Hoheria lyallii | accessdate=6 March 2018}}{{cite web | url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/pdfs/agm-lists/agm-ornamentals.pdf | title = AGM Plants - Ornamental | date = July 2017 | page = 49 | publisher = Royal Horticultural Society | accessdate = 2 March 2018}} Hoheria lyallii and Hoheria glabrata (which has a similar appearance) are known in Māori as houi, and were likely used as textiles by South Island Māori.{{Cite Q|Q58677501}}