Prickly Mingimingi

''Leptecophylla juniperina'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Ericaceae. The species is native to New Zealand and the Australian states of Tasmania and Victoria. The plant's fruit is edible, raw or cooked. Plants grow best in areas with moderate winters and cool moist summers.


Three subspecies are recognised as follows:
*''Leptecophylla juniperina'' C.M.Weiller subsp. ''juniperina''
*''Leptecophylla juniperina'' subsp. ''oxycedrus'' C.M.Weiller
*Leptecophylla juniperina subsp. parvifolia C.M.Weiller

An example occurrence of ''L. juniperina'' is in the red and silver beech forests admixed with rimu and miro podocarps on northern South Island, New Zealand; associate understory species in this South Island forest include ''Blechnum discolor''.