Flora of New Zealand Series

C. glaucum A. Cunn. in Ann. nat. Hist. 1, 1838, 456 and later authors non L. Sp. Pl. 1753, 220.

Prostrate branching herb with diam. up to 6 dm., with stout deeply descending main root; stems glab., ridged, with ∞ branches. Lvs on flattened petioles (2)-5-10-(15) mm. long; lamina (2)-4-10-(20) × (2)-3-5-(12) mm., thick, fleshy, glab. and dark green to reddish above, glaucous to white below, with appressed tomentum; obovate-cuneate to rhomboid to oblong, distantly to rather closely dentate, rarely crenate; often 1 pair of teeth exceeding rest. F1. clusters small, in simple or compound axillary and terminal spikes. Per. segs 3-4, obtuse, not completely covering fr. Seeds 1-1·5 mm. long, black, shining; margins rounded.

DIST.: N., S., St. Coastal sands and muds throughout. Inland in saline places, especially in Central Otago.