Gentiana cerina var. suberecta (Kirk) Cheeseman
G. cerina forma suberecta Kirk in T.N.Z.I. 27, 1895, 339.
Type: W, 4728, T. Kirk.
Stems up to c. 45 cm. long, slender, decumbent at base, then suberect. Lvs spathulate-oblong, us. petiolate; cauline more remote. Fls us. in rather lax corymbose cymes. Calyx-lobes broad-oblong.
DIST.: A. "Sheltered places on the hills up to nearly 1,000 ft."