Flora of New Zealand Series

Type: BD 45810A (G. S. 445) "L. Manapouri on edges of banks near stony shores. G. S., J. S. T., Feb. 1939".

Shrub, ± erect, much-branched from crown of stout rootstock, up to c. 3 dm. tall. Branchlets subterete, ± 1 mm. diam., finely grooved, clad in appressed hairs. Lvs 1-3-foliolate, lflts minute. Infl. of 1-2 racemes per notch, 3-6-fld, on pilose peduncles 1-3 mm. long. Fls ± 3 × 3 mm., subsessile. Calyx ± 1 × 1 mm., sparsely hairy; teeth minute, blunt. Standard white, purple-veined; keel whitish, auricles bluntly pointed; wings white, auricles bluntly pointed. Ovary glab. Pods 3-4 × 1-2 mm., brown, subturgid; beak minute, subulate, obliquely placed, slightly curved, stylar portion long-persistent. Seeds 1-2, pale brown.

DIST.: S. Shores of Lakes Te Anau and Manapouri.