Flora of New Zealand Series

Rosette lvs elliptic- to ovate-spathulate; hairs flexuous, few or 0 abaxially. Lateral branches few, decumbent; internodes = or < lvs. Cymes simple, few-flowered, the lowest 2-3 fls usually associated with bracts. Calyx hairs flexuous, long on margins. Corolla white, c. 7-8 mm diam.; tube cylindric, distinctly > calyx; filaments = or > wholly exserted anthers.

S.: N.W. Nelson ( var. townsonii (Cheeseman) L. Moore), Fiordland ( var. lyallii).

Endemic.

Rocky places, grassland.