Flora of New Zealand Series

Mat-forming trailing or cushion-forming subshrub. Stems much-branched, hispid, 30-100-(300) cm long. Lvs opposite or fascicled, terete, clavate, curved, obtuse, (5)-7-12 × 1.5-2.5 mm; papillae dense, rounded, glittering. Fls 1.5-2 cm diam. Calyx densely papillate; sepals 3-4 mm long. Petals spreading, purplish pink, 6-10 mm long. Stamens 3-4 mm long; filaments pink, hairy; anthers white. Stigmas 5, lanceolate, spreading, 3-4 mm long. Capsule small, 5-locular; expanding keels diverging; placental tubercles 0.

N.: Tauranga, Wellington; S.: Nelson, Canterbury coast, Otago Peninsula; Ch.

South Africa 1959

Coastal rocks and roadside banks, a garden escape.

FL Oct-Jan-(May) FT Nov-Jan.