Class
Family
Genus
Herb 7–45 cm tall, very sparsely branched from the base and sometimes also above. Stems with strigillose lines running down from margins of petioles, hairy all round above. Lamina of lf narrowly to broadly ovate, 1–3 × 1.2–2 cm. Floral tube 0.9–1.4 mm deep, glandular-hairy. Petals white, 7–11 × 5–8 mm. Capsule with glandular hairs, and sometimes with a few strigillose hairs, 3.9–5.2 cm long; fruiting pedicels 1.5–2.5 cm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Flowering: Dec.–Feb.