Flora of New Zealand Series

Slender, succulent, annual herb to 5-10 cm tall; branches lax, ascending, bifariously hairy, to c. 25 cm long. Lvs sessile, 4-10 × 3-8 mm, ovate to ovate-oblong with 2-4 pairs of obtuse to subacute crenations, subglabrous or finely white-hairy; margins and veins below with fine stiff hairs. Fls with slender pedicels to 30 mm long. Calyx 3-4 mm long, divided c. ⅓ way; lobe margins and midrib white-hairy. Corolla white, 8-12 mm long. Anthers golden yellow; margins hairy; awns unequal. Capsule = or > calyx, 3-4 × 3-3.5 mm.

S.: from N.W. Nelson to the Brunner Range and Mt Mantell.

Endemic.

Montane and subalpine wet places, swamp margins.

FL Dec-Feb.