Flora of New Zealand Series

Small grey-green or reddish tufts to ± 12 cm high. Leaves > stems, concavo-convex, tips curled. Inflorescence hidden among leaves; female spikes c. 3, approximate, light pinkish-brown, to 8 mm long. Stigmas 2.

N. Auckland - near Rotorua; Gisborne - Lake Waikaremoana; Hawkes Bay - Kaweka Lakes; Wellington - lower Wairarapa. S. Local in Canterbury. Lowland to montane on margins of lakes and ponds and in river beds.