Flowers between Hooker and Mueller GlaciersThe area between the Little Ice Age morains of Mueller and Hooker Glacier is particularly rich in alpine flora. Intensive use by hikers is somewhat chanelled (and the flora thus protected) by well maintained boardwalks. | |||
 Silvery cotton plant (Celmisia semicordata) |  Mount Cook Buttercup, or erroneously, "Mount Cook Lily" (Ranunculus lyallii) |  Boardwalk in Mount Cook National Park, between the Little Ice Age moraines of Mueller and Cook Glacier |  The yellow plants are Giant Spaniard (Acyphylla scott-thomsonii); Mount Cook in the background, |
| Photos Jürg Alean | |||