Forstera tenella Hook.f.
Type locality: Milford Sound. Type: K, Lyall.
Stems simple or few, very slender, decumbent and rooting near base, ascending or sprawling above. Lvs us. distinctly separated, not imbricate, patent, on petioles c. 1 mm. long. Lamina subcoriac., narrow-oblong to narrow-obovate, (6)-8-10-(15) × 3-5 mm.; margins ± recurved, cartilaginous; costa inconspicuous to obsolete. Peduncles very slender to filiform, 5-10 cm. long, 1-2-3-fld; pedicels up to c. 5 mm. long. Bracts filiform, c. 5 mm. long. Fls 8-10 mm. diam.; calyx-lobes 5-6, broad- to narrow-oblong. Corolla white, 5-6-lobed, 8-9 mm. long; lobes ovate-oblong; glands 2, linear. Epig. glands 2, subulate. Capsule narrow-ovoid, elongating to 8-10 mm. long.
DIST.: N., S. Montane to subalpine damp grassland, herbfield and wet places from Ruahine Range southwards, not uncommon, descending to near sealevel in Fiordland.
FL. 12-2. FT. 1-3.
Some forms us. placed here may be damp ground modifications of F. bidwillii
