Flora of New Zealand Series

D. uniflorum var. acicularifolium Cheesem. Man. N.Z. Fl. 1906, 427.

D. acicularifolium Ckn. in Rep. Scen. Pres. N.Z. 1915, 4.

D. peninsulare W.R.B. Oliver in T.N.Z.I. 59, 1929, 690.

Type locality: Mount Torlesse. Type: Oslo, S. Berggren, Feb. 1874.

Erect, strict, up to c. 2m. tall; branches slender, bark grey; branchlets very slender, ascending to spreading, bark reddish brown. Lvs ascending; sheath ciliolate, 10-(20) × 3-5 mm., narrowing to lamina by ciliolate, truncate, auricled shoulder. Lamina linear, concavo-convex, 60-80-(190) × 1-1·5 mm.; margins minutely serrate towards pungent apex. Fls solitary on short persistent peduncles towards tips of branchlets. Sepals narrow-ovate. acute to acuminate, ± = corolla-tube, margins ciliolate. Corolla-tube 5-7 mm. long, lobes c 2.5 mm. long.

DIST.: S. Montane to subalpine, east of divide, from lat. 42º to a little south of 43º.