Pratia macrodon Hook.f.
Glabrous, semi-succulent herb, ± prostrate, forming small, dense, compact patches. Stems rooting at nodes, branched, rather stout. Lvs subsessile. Lamina ± 5-10 × 4-9 mm, broad-ovate to suborbicular, ± succulent, cuneate to rounded at base, coarsely toothed to nearly entire in upper part. Peduncle very short until after anthesis, eventually 3-5-(15) mm long, rather stout. Fls solitary, fragrant. Calyx lobes 2-3-(5) mm long, narrow-triangular; sinus wide. Corolla cream; tube cylindric, ± 10-13-(15) mm long, rather inflated towards base; lobes 5-9 mm long, linear-oblong to broad-oblong, spreading, often apiculate. Fr. 6-9 mm diam., globose, purplish.
S.: subalpine to high-alpine areas throughout.
Endemic.
Rocky, open slopes, around screes and old moraines, short open and stony grassland and similar herb communities, open scrub.
FL Nov-Apr.
P. macrodon is readily distinguished from other Pratia spp. in N.Z. by its dense, almost cushion-like habit, very short and rather stout peduncles at anthesis and its very fragrant fls with creamy corollas which are only moderately irregular.
