Flora of New Zealand Series

Type: A, 7160, T. F. Cheeseman, Jan. 1886.

Pale green annual 2.5-7·5 cm. tall, forming small tufts or ball-like clumps. Stems simple or branched, erect, very slender, sparingly lfy, us. ∞, sts flowering when ± 15 mm. long. Basal lvs us. few, ± 10 × 2-4mm., narrow-spathulate, obtuse; cauline lvs few, 4-9 × 2-3 mm., oblong- to obovate-spathulate; petiole very short, upper lvs sessile. Fls solitary, terminal, sts closely subtended by bracts. Calyx 5-6 mm. long, cut 1/2-⅔ way; lobes broad-ovate, acute to apiculate. Corolla ± 1 × 1 cm., cut > ⅓ way; lobes ovate, subacute, apiculate.

DIST.: S. Slopes of Mount Aruthur, Nelson, 1200-1500 m