Flora of New Zealand Series

Slender, tufted perennial herb, sometimes with stout woody stock; stems slender, much-branched; branches erect, 5-15 cm tall, slender to filiform, usually densely hairy with lax flattened white hairs. Lvs sessile, 4-10-(15) × 2-4-(7) mm, narrow-ovate to ovate-rhomboid with 1-2 pairs of narrow acute teeth and large triangular acute terminal lobes, glabrous or with sparse glandular or eglandular hairs. Fls on slender straight pedicels 5-20 mm long. Calyx 5-8 mm long, densely pilose with flattened white, simple hairs and long glandular hairs, divided ?-1/2 way. Corolla white, (10)-15-20 mm long. Anthers golden yellow; marginal hairs numerous; awns usually very unequal, stout. Capsule ± = or much < calyx, 3-7 × 2.5-4 mm.

S.: mountains of N.W. Nelson to Paparoa Range and St Arnaud Mountains, 500-1500 m.

Endemic.

Usually in damp and peaty ground.

FL Dec-Mar-(Apr).