Flora of New Zealand Series

Type locality: Mount Arthur, Nelson. Type: A, No. 5790, "Slopes of Mt. Arthur, Nelson, 5000 ft. Jan. 1881".

Stock stout, woody; branches us. many, decumbent at base, then ascending, erect at tips, reddish or green, up to ± 20 cm. tall; branchlets bifariously pubescent. Lvs opp., us. reddish, alt. in floral region, on petioles up to 2 mm. long. Lamina (6)-10-15-(20) × (3)-5-8-(10) mm.; narrow-oblong to ovate-oblong, coriac., very glossy, us. ± flushed red; margins obscurely to distinctly denticulate. Fls 12-20 mm. diam.; calyx up to 9 mm. long, lobes linear-lanceolate; petals broad, rather deeply bilobed, pale rose, ± 12 × 5 mm. Capsules glab., 15-25 mm. long; peduncles < lvs. Seeds smooth.

DIST.: S. Montane to subalpine rocky places and scree margins, local, N.W. Nelson to South Westland (Forgotten River, Olivine Range, BD 73674 "shingle river bed, P. J. Harrigan"). Also Arrowtown, Central Otago, Petrie.