Flora of New Zealand Series

Rosettes one or several, lvs spathulate, 2-7 cm. × 4-9 mm., petiole broad and ill-defined; hairs ∞ on both surfaces. Lateral branches ascending or erect, up to 15 cm. long, internodes us. < lvs. Upper stem-lvs 12-20 mm. long, hairs crowded on both surfaces. Cyme compound, us. ebracteate, ∞-fld, ± capitate, carried 1-2 cm. above lvs in fr.; internodes and pedicels very short. Calyx up to 5 mm. long in fl., lobes c. ⅓ length, subacute; short appressed hairs covering whole surface closely, long spreading coarse hairs scattered and conspicuously hooked. Corolla lemon-yellow to white, c. 4 mm. diam., tube c. 5 mm. long, cylindric, lobes c. 1·5 × 1·3 mm., rounded; filaments very short, anthers c. 1·2 mm. long, with tips projecting above well-developed scales; style us. much > calyx in fr., stigma capitate. Nutlets oblong, c. 2-2.5 × 1·2 mm., slightly winged above.