Flora of New Zealand Series

Plants tall, slender. Rosette lvs obovate- to linear-spathulate; hairs flexuous, scarcely overlapping, abaxially fewer, retrorse. Lateral branches erect, to 20 cm long. Stem lvs > or = internodes; uppermost narrow, fringed with hairs. Cymes ebracteate, little branched. Calyx long; hairs of several lengths. Fls scented. Corolla usually white, rarely blue, to 10 mm diam.; tube slightly flaring; anther tips just emerging.

S.: mountains near Arthurs Pass.

Endemic.

Streamside rocks, cliffs, screes.