Flora of New Zealand Series

Stout, harshly scabrid, rigid tussocks to ± 80 cm high. Inflorescence an erect stiff panicle 6-25 cm long with appressed branches ± 3 cm long. Spikes numerous, sessile, red-brown, male flowers at top. Utricles many-nerved. Stigmas 2.

N. Wellington - Cape Turakirae. S. Marlborough - Queen Charlotte Sound; Canterbury - Lyttelton Harbour; Otago - near Dunedin; Southland; Fiordland. St., Ant., A., C. Coastal. (Australia, New Guinea, New Caledonia)