Small slender rhizomatous herb, forming open patches with rosulate lvs at nodes, stock slender. Basal lvs rosulate. Lamina 4–10–(15) × 3–6 mm.; obovate- to oblong-cuneate, rounded at apex, subcoriac.; glab. or with sparse long multicellular hairs; margins slightly thickened, ciliolate, with 1–3 pairs of minute crenatures or subentire. Petioles very slender, 4–6–(10) mm. long. Cauline lvs 0 to 1–2, smaller. Scapes 5–12 cm. long, very slender, erect or curved, ± pubescent towards apex; bracts 1–2, minute, linear, or 0. Capitula 5–6–(8) mm. diam. Phyll. narrow-oblong, obtuse to subacute, often ciliolate at tips; ray-florets short, narrow. Achenes 1·5–1·75 × hardly 0·5 mm., very slightly curved, obliquely narrow-obovate; margins slightly thickened; beak erect or nearly so, not > ± 0·25 mm. long.
[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]
Flowering: Nov.–Feb.; Fruiting: Dec.–Apr.