Flora of New Zealand Series

Stems 2-10-(15) cm long, simple or 1-3-branched. Lvs 2-10 × 1.5-8 mm, usually broad-elliptic to very broad-ovate. Corolla c. 2-3 × 4-6 mm, deep blue. Stamens c. 1 mm long. Capsule c. 2.5 mm diam. Seeds 0.7-0.9 mm long.

N.: N. Auckland, especially northern part.

Mediterranean region 1988

Waste places by tracks, short and depleted pastures.

This subsp. is treated as A. arvensis var. parviflora (Hoffsgg. et Link) Cesati, Passer. et Gibelli in many Floras. It has probably been present in N.Z. for a long time but has not previously been distinguished from  subsp. arvensis var. coerulea.