Class
Family
Genus
Crisp herb, branched at the base and sometimes also above, 10–30 cm tall, from a stout taproot. Stems usually purplish black, sometimes green, with dense strigillose hairs in lines. Lamina of lf narrow-elliptic to elliptic, 3–12–(20) × 1–4–(6) mm. Floral tube 0.2–0.6 mm deep, glabrous. Petals white, flushed pink after pollination, 5–6.5 × 2.3–3 mm. Capsules glabrous, 1.8–3.8 cm long; fruiting pedicel 0–0.9 cm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Flowering: Jan.–Mar.