- = Coriaria lurida var. acuminata Cockayne & Allan, Trans. New Zealand Inst. 57: 52 (1927)
Stems close-set, erect, up to 6 dm. tall, arising from rather slender branched rhizomes; bark dark brown. Branchlets quadrangular, very slender, pubescent. Lvs on slender petioles c. 1 mm. long. Lamina narrow-lanceolate to narrow ovate-lanceolate (on same plant) acuminate; (10)–15–25 × (1)–2–4 mm., glab. or nearly so, submembr., with a prominent pair of lateral veins; margins flat. Lvs at base of branchlets ± 10 × 6 mm., ovate. Racemes, sts branched, very slender, ascending to spreading, up to ± 5 cm. long, us. with a few lvs at base. Fls solitary rather distant, or 2–3 together, on filiform patent pedicels up to 5 mm. long. Sepals broad-ovate, ± 1·5 mm. long; petals similar, slightly shorter. Carpels 5–10.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Flowering: Oct.–Feb.; Fruiting: Nov.–Apr.