Ourisia caespitosa Hook.f. var. caespitosa
Original localities: "Summit of the Ruahine mountains, Colenso. Milford Sound, Lyall." Type: K, Milford Sound, Lyall.
Lvs c. 10 × 5 mm., most or all broadly spathulate and notched, creeping stem us. glab. Bracts us. notched. Fls mostly in pairs. Calyx-lobes c. 5 mm. long, broad to top. Corolla c. 2 cm. diam., lobes broad.
DIST.: N., S., St. Common as a mat-forming plant in damp rocky places in mountains.
FL. 11-2. FT. 1-3.