Flora of New Zealand Series

Rosette usually single; lf lamina c. = petiole; hairs spreading and uniform, often hooked, fine, crowded, abaxially sparser, retrorse. Lateral branches to 30 cm long, ascending; internodes usually = or > lvs. Cymes mostly ebracteate; internodes between frs > calyx; pedicels short. Calyx hairs mostly short but some longer and/or hooked. Corolla white or yellow; tube = or > calyx; filaments very short; anther tips barely reaching scales.

N.; S.

N.Z. forms probably Endemic.

Mostly grassland, cliffs and other open rocky and stony places.

The N.Z. plant includes several inadequately named forms, possibly none matching the Australian type of M. australis.