Class
Family
Genus
Low herb 1–36 cm tall, usually much-branched, with numerous basal leafy stolons. Stems usually strigillose, rarely with erect hairs, the hairs confined in some populations to the lines decurrent from the margins of petioles. Lamina of lf linear to ovate, 0.5–2 × 0.1–1.5 cm. Floral tube 0.5–1.5 mm deep, glabrous or somewhat strigillose outside. Petals white, sometimes flushed pink after pollination, 2.8–6 × 1.8–4.5 mm. Capsule glabrous to densely strigillose, 1.4–4 cm long; fruiting pedicel 1–10 cm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Category | Number |
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Indigenous (Endemic) | 3 |
Total | 3 |
Flowering: Sep.–Feb.