Flora of New Zealand Series

Lax tufts carpeting the ground. Stems filiform, drooping, (4) -10-30 cm long. Leaves 1-3. Inflorescence a cluster of 1-3- (5) spikelets, often proliferous. Glumes acute, margins constricted at tip beside keel, lateral nerves conspicuous. Hypogynous bristles 0. Stamen 1. Style-branches 3. Nut trigonous, ± white.

N., S. Nelson; Westland; Fiordland; local elsewhere. St., Ch. Usually in shade in damp ground; lowland to montane.