|image_caption = ''H. lyallii'' in Aoraki Mt[[Mount Cook Village]], Canterbury, New Zealand
|genus = Hoheria
|species = lyallii
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'''''Hoheria lyallii''''', the '''mountain lacebark''', is a [[species]] of [[flowering plant]] in the mallow [[family (botany)|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.<ref name = NZPCN>{{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}}</ref>
The Latin [[binomial nomenclature|specific epithet]] ''lyallii'' honours the Scottish naturalist and explorer [[David Lyall]] (1817-1895).<ref name = NZPCN/> In cultivation in the [[UKUnited Kingdom]] this plant has gained the [[Royal Horticultural Society]]'s [[Award of Garden Merit]].<ref name = RHSPF>{{cite web | url= https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/8774/i-Hoheria-lyallii-i/Details | title = RHS Plantfinder - ''Hoheria lyallii'' | accessdate=6 March 2018}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref> ''Hoheria lyallii'' and ''[[Hoheria glabrata]]'' (which has a similar appearance) are known in [[Māori language|Māori]] as ''houi'', and were likely used as textiles by [[South Island]] [[Māori people|Māori]].<ref>{{Cite Q|Q58677501}}</ref>
