Class
Family
Genus
Tufted herb, with graceful arcuate branches spreading from a central system of rhizomes, with leafy overwintering rosettes. Stems 4–30 cm tall, with lines of short erect hairs on the elevated ridges running down from margins of petioles. Lamina of lf elliptic, 12–30 × 5–15 mm. Floral tube 1–2 mm deep, glabrous or with a few short hairs. Petals white, 5–8 × 4–5.5 mm. Capsules glabrate, 2.5–5 cm long; fruiting pedicel 0.8–2 cm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Flowering: Dec.–Jan.