Class
Family
Genus
Erect, sparsely to well-branched, tufted, perennial herb 15–70 cm tall, densely covered with erect glandular and eglandular hairs. Stems hairy all round. Lamina of lf narrowly obovate to broadly ovate, 7–43 × 4–24 mm. Floral tube 0.7–1 mm deep, glabrous or nearly so. Petals white, 3.5–7 × 2.9–4 mm. Capsule 2.9–5.3 cm long, densely clothed in glandular and eglandular hairs; fruiting pedicel 0.5–1.5 cm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Flowering: Dec.–Feb.