Flora of New Zealand Series

Type locality: Mt Ollivier, Sealy Range, Mt Cook district. Type: AK, L. Cockayne, 1919.

Lvs c. 10–30–(50) × 1–2.5–3 cm.; lamina not long-acuminate; adaxial pellicle obvious, ± masking green colour, detachable in large flakes from old lvs. Infl. small, racemes 2–3 together in axils of lower spathes, occ. all simple, female us. much congested and frs often very crowded.

Snow hollows in mountain meadows and amongst snow-tussocks, (2,500)–4,000–5,700 ft.