Flora of New Zealand Series

Herb with very deep taproot. Stems 4-18 cm tall, branched at base, and sometimes also above, purplish black or green, with dense strigillose hairs in lines running down from margins of petioles. Lamina of lf narrowly oblanceolate or oblanceolate, 6-15 × 2-5 mm. Floral tube 0.7-1.6 mm deep, glabrous. Petals white, 4.2-8 × 2.2-3.5 mm. Capsules 1-2.4 cm long, glabrous, subsessile.

N.: Kaimanawa and Kaweka Ranges, Mt Ruapehu, Ruahine Range; S.: from Nelson and Marlborough, along and E. of the Main Divide.

Endemic.

Scree and stony ground, (915)-1065-1890 m.

FL Dec-Jan.