Flora of New Zealand Series

Perennial herb with short stout rootstock. Stems erect, glabrous, straight, purplish or green, to 30 cm tall. Lvs glabrous, rarely ciliate on petiole, purplish to dull green, ± coriaceous. Basal lvs long-petiolate, entire or with 1-2 pairs of subsessile or stalked pinnae; terminal leaflet > laterals, entire, broadly ovate, obtuse, subcordate to abruptly cuneate at base; lateral leaflets elliptic, entire. Cauline lvs few or 0, similar to basal but with narrower leaflets and cuneate terminal leaflet. Infl. racemose, glabrous, straight, (3)-10-18 cm long. Pedicels glabrous, erecto-patent, 15-25-(40) mm long at fruiting. Sepals glabrous, usually purplish, 2-4 × 1-1.5 mm. Petals white, spreading, spathulate, 6-10 × 2.5-5.5 mm. Stamens 6. Silique greenish brown to purplish, erecto-patent, (10)-20-35-(40) × 1-1.5 mm; valves glabrous; style 2-3.5 mm long. Seeds oblong, pale brown, c. 1 mm long.

S.: N.W. Nelson and E. of the Main Divide.

Endemic

Tussock grassland.