Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J.Presl
Family
Caryophyllaceae
Genus
Colobanthus Bartl.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Colobanthus apetalus var. alpinus (Kirk) L.B.Moore in Allan, Fl. New Zealand 1, 214 (1961)
Synonymy:
  • ≡ Colobanthus billardierei var. alpinus Kirk, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 27: 356 (1895)
  • ≡ Colobanthus crassifolius var. alpinus (Kirk) Cheeseman, Man. New Zealand Fl., ed. 2, 425 (1925)
 Description

Lf blade 15–40 mm. long gradually tapering into short acicular tip. Peduncles mostly longer than lvs, occ. 10 cm. long, often ∞ . Fls broad, sepals (4)–5–(7) mm. long, broad-lanceolate, tapering gradually to short or very short apicula.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Dec.–Jan.; Fruiting: Jan.–Apr.

 Bibliography
Cheeseman, T.F. 1925: Manual of the New Zealand Flora. Edition 2. Government Printer, Wellington.
Kirk, T. 1895: A Revision of the New Zealand Species of Colobanthus, Bartling. Transactions of the New Zealand Institute 27: 354–359.