Flora of New Zealand Series

Tufted, perennial herb sometimes arising from woody stock; stems woody at base, much-branched, prostrate or decumbent; branches erect, 2-8-(12) cm tall, bifariously or occasionally uniformly hairy. Lvs sessile, 5-10-(15) × 3-6-(8) mm, obovate-cuneate to broadly obovate or suborbicular, unequally 3-lobed at tip with obtuse to subacute terminal lobe, or more evenly and acutely 3-5-(7)-toothed, glabrous except sometimes on margins. Fls on short hidden pedicels, or sometimes with pedicels = lvs. Calyx 5-9 mm long, usually glandular and white-hairy, sometimes almost glabrous, divided 1/4-⅓ way. Corolla white, 8-20 mm long. Anthers red-brown; margins hairy; awns usually slightly unequal. Capsule < or = calyx, 4-8 × 3.5-5 mm.

S.: N.W. Nelson and mountains of the Main Divide from the Arthurs Pass region to W. Otago and Fiordland.

Endemic.

Common in subalpine open and rocky places.

FL Dec-Mar.