Flora of New Zealand Series

S. humilis Hook. f. Fl. N.Z. 1, 1854, 205 non R. Br. Prodr. 1810, 507.

Type locality: Foxhill, near Nelson. Type: K, Bidwill 16.

Herb or subshrub very softly woody at base, ± pubescent. Stems creeping and rooting at base; branches ascending to erect; branchlets few, pilose to glab., up to ± 3 dm. tall. Lvs opp., distant, on slender petioles up to c. 2 cm. long. Lamina 4-5-(12) × 2-4-(6) mm., ovate to ovate-oblong to suborbicular, 3-5-lobed to toothed or entire. Fls solitary, axillary, on peduncles c. 2-3 mm. long. Calyx minutely pubescent; lips rounded, scale enlarging in fr. Corolla pubescent, white, ± 6-8 mm. long, lobes obtuse.

DIST.: S. Occ. in lowland forest on alluvial ground to about lat. 41° 30'.