Flora of New Zealand Series

Type locality: Summit ridges of Mount Peel, Nelson. Type. BD 75578, J.A. Hay.

Stems c. 15-20-(30) cm. tall, rather stout, strict; lamina ± 2-6 cm. long, on petiole ± 2 cm. long; pinnae 4-8 pairs, subcoriac., dark green, up to c. 6 × 5 mm., close-set, us. slightly overlapping; irregularly, shallowly, bluntly toothed; tips occ. apiculate, but lacking hair-processes. Umbels compound, condensed ± 1 cm. diam. Primary rays very short; involucral bracts lanceolate. Fr. ± 2 mm. long, styles slender; mericarps distinctly ribbed, ± winged.

DIST.: N., S. Montane grassland, herbfield and rocky places from c. lat. 39º to 42º.