Classification
Class
Magnoliopsida Brongn.
Order
Asterales Link
Family
Menyanthaceae
Genus
Liparophyllum Hook.f.
 Nomenclature
Scientific Name:
Liparophyllum gunnii Hook.f.
 Description

Herb with branching rhizomes, forming patches up to ± 2 dm. diam., 5 cm. tall; lvs aggregated at nodes, narrow-linear to linear-spathulate, thick, fleshy, obtuse to subacute, 12–25–(40) mm. long, with broad thin sheathing base. Fls solitary, c. 4 mm. diam., on very short stout peduncles. Disk fleshy, thick, undulate, with broad membr. margins. Calyx-lobes linear, c. 4 mm. long, fleshy, acute; corolla-lobes white, ovate, slightly hairy within, obtuse, undulate. Ovary tapering to short style; stigmatic lobes 2, broad. Fr. globular, succulent, indehiscent, c. 6·5 mm. diam. Seeds ∞, suborbicular, somewhat compressed, bright yellow.

[From: Allan (1961) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 1.]

 Biostatus
Indigenous (Non-endemic)
 Phenology

Flowering: Dec.–Feb.; Fruiting: Dec.–Apr.

 Bibliography
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Barkla J.W.; Courtney, S.P.; Champion, P.D.; Perrie, L.R.; Beadel, S.N.; Ford, K.A.; Breitwieser, I.; Schönberger, I.; Hindmarsh-Walls, R.; Heenan, P.B.; Ladley, K. 2018: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2017. New Zealand Threat Classification Series. No. 22. [Not Threatened]
de Lange, P.J.; Rolfe, J.R.; Champion, P.D.; Courtney, S.P.; Heenan, P.B.; Barkla, J.W.; Cameron, E.K.; Norton, D.A.; Hitchmough, R.A. 2013: Conservation status of New Zealand indigenous vascular plants, 2012. New Zealand Threat Classification Series 3. Department of Conservation, Wellington. [Not Threatened]