- = Dracophyllum robustum Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. I. (Fl. Antarct.) Part I, 49 (1844)
- ≡ Dracophyllum lessonianum var. robustum (Hook.f.) Hook.f., Bot. Antarct. Voy. II. (Fl. Nov.-Zel.) Part I, 170 (1853)
Shrub or small tree up to 10 m. tall, stouter than . Branches erect or ascending, bark greyish; branchlets slender, bark greyish brown. Lvs crowded towards tips of branchlets. Sheath pale, 5–6–(10) × 2–3 mm., truncate, us distinctly auricled. Lamina canaliculate for ± halfway, semi-terete, ± 6–8–10 cm. × 1–1·5 mm.; margins serrulate, sparsely ciliolate; apex acute. Infl. of 6–8-fld racemes, ± 3 cm. long, terminal on short lateral branchlets, often clustered. Lower bracts lflike, persistent; sheaths c·5 × 2.5 mm., with acuminate lamina ± 10 mm. long. Sepals oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, slightly > corolla-tube, which is 5–6 mm. long. Corolla-lobes narrowly ovate-triangular, c. 2.5 mm. long, obtuse.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]