Flora of New Zealand Series

Thick-leaved herb, 4-15 cm tall, branched at base, with deep taproot. Stems densely clothed in glandular hairs mixed with shorter eglandular hairs all round. Lamina of lf narrowly to broadly obovate, 0.6-3.2 × 0.3-1.3 cm. Floral tube c. 2 mm deep, densely clothed in glandular hairs outside. Petals white, 7-9 × 3.6-4.4 mm. Capsules eventually glabrous, 1-1.8 cm long.

S.: S. Marlborough and N. Canterbury (upper drainage of Clarence R. and Awatere R.), 1300-1800 m.

Endemic.

Rare and local, usually in fine-grained scree, occasionally near stable outcrops.

FL Jan-Mar.