Flora of New Zealand Series

Type locality: Hell's Gate, Tararua Range. Type: BD 79412, A. P. Druce, 5/12/1951.

Length of lf-lamina us. < 2 × width, us. broadest near ± truncate or rounded, rarely cuneate or cordate, base; upper surface definitely though sparsely hairy all over; petiole us. hairy all over as is peduncle. Calyx-lobes rarely > 7 mm. long.

DIST.: N. Mt. Hikurangi and Raukumara Range to Ruahine and Tararua Ranges. Forest margins or streamsides, us. above 1,000 m. altitude.

FL. 11-2. FT. 12-3.

Named for A. P. Druce who recognized this as a distinct var. in the field and collected it widely.