Class
Family
Genus
Low, tufted herb 4–12 cm tall, well-branched from the base and sometimes also above. Stems grey-green or reddish, ± densely covered with short erect or appressed eglandular hairs. Lamina of lf narrowly elliptic, 4–9 × 1–3 mm. Floral tube 0.5–1 mm deep, ± densely strigillose outside. Petals white or rose-purple, becoming flushed rose after pollination, 2.8–9 × 1.1–5.1 mm. Capsules ± densely covered with erect or appressed eglandular hairs, 1–1.9 cm long, prominently beaked, subsessile.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Flowering: Dec.–Feb.