Flora of New Zealand Series

Glabrous annual rosette herb. Lvs apetiolate, linear to very narrowly linear-spathulate, mostly entire, very rarely with 1-2 teeth near apex, obtuse to acute, 10-25 × 0.5-2 mm. Peduncle naked, 1-3 cm long and 0.2-0.5 mm diam. at flowering, elongating to 2.5-4.5 cm at fruiting. Involucral bracts ovate to oblong, obtuse and fimbriate at apex, 1-1.5 mm long. Rays c. 8-12, white, 0.5-2 mm long. Disc yellowish green. Achenes obovoid-oblong, compressed, eglandular, 1-1.5 mm long; pappus usually of few bristles c. 0.1 mm long, sometimes 0 in mature achenes.

S.: Lake Te Anau and Lake Manapouri.

Endemic.

Short turf and gravelly ground on lake shore.

FL Nov-Dec.