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- = Coprosma myrtillifolia var. linearis Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 108 (1853)
- = Coprosma banksii Petrie, Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 30: 433 (1897 [1898])
- = Coprosma pseudo-colensoi Cockayne & Allan, Ann. Bot. 48: 43 (1934)
Slender to rather stout spreading shrub up to 2–(3) m. tall; branches with dark red-brown bark; branchlets pubescent to glab. Lvs on pubescent petioles 2–3 mm. long. Stipules triangular, subacute to obtuse, with scattered patches of short hairs, ciliolate. Lamina glab., coriac., oblong to broad-oblong to obovate to elliptic (several forms us. on one plant), (7)–9–15–(20) × (3)–5–8 mm., obtuse to truncate or retuse, narrowed abruptly to petiole. Midrib and many secondary veins evident. Fls solitary on decurved peduncles. ♂ without calyx; corolla subcampanulate, lobes ovate, acute, ± = tube. ♀ with small, obtuse teeth; corolla tubular, lobes acute, > tube. Drupe crimson, broad-oblong, 6–7 mm. long.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]