Flora of New Zealand Series

Small, prostrate, glabrous, succulent, annual herb forming loosely matted patches; branches ascending at tips. Lvs sessile, 3-4 mm long and ± 1 mm diam. at base, linear-lanceolate, apiculate, entire. Fls subsessile or on pedicels ± = lvs. Calyx 3-5 mm long, divided c. 1/2 way or less. Corolla white, 8-13 mm long. Anthers brown; margins hairy; awns stout, almost equal. Capsule almost = calyx, 4-5.5 × 2.5-3.5 mm.

S.: Fiordland.

Endemic.

Alpine bogs and flushes.

FL Dec-Jan.