Class
Family
Genus
Creeping herb forming thick loose mats, either in very wet ground or floating. Stems 2–20 cm long, creeping and rooting below, with short bristly hairs all round. Lamina of lf elliptic to narrowly-ovate, 6–15 × 3–8 mm. Floral tube 1.3–2 mm deep, glabrous or somewhat hairy. Petals usually white, very rarely pink at first, but flushed pink after pollination, 6.5–12 × 4–8 mm. Capsule glabrous, (3)–4–6.5 cm long; fruiting pedicel (1)–2.5–12 cm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Flowering: Nov.–Mar.