Flora of New Zealand Series

Dioecious herb. Lvs 2-7 cm long; lamina ovate to ovate-triangular, obtuse to truncate at base, not lobed, finely and evenly crenate, coriaceous, ± glabrous. Infructescence exposed above lvs. Drupes clustered or scattered on stalk, broad-pyriform, red; flesh closely attached to seed.

S.: Omaui Peninsula, S. of Invercargill; St.: Mason Bay, Doughboy Bay.

Endemic.

Sand dunes.

This distinctive sp. is easily recognised by the regular, neatly triangular, brownish lf laminae and reddish petioles; the lvs are flattened to the sand. It is now known in the wild from only a few small populations, but is also cultivated in rock gardens. Mature filled fr. is rarely seen and has yet to be fully described.