Recorded distribution
Plant
To 10cm tall, from a creeping rhizome. Leaves of two types: a stalked round leaf with crinkled margins rising from the rhizome and an elliptic, stalkless bract about half way up the stem.
Flowers
Greenish gold, translucent, to 5mm wide. Dorsal sepal and labellum broad, lateral sepals longer and keeled, petals very short and upright.
Flowering
December - January.
Habitat
High rainfall areas, in deep mossy montane to subalpine beech forest and scrub. Ruapehu southwards.
Conservation
Scattered in alpine places, locally common but somewhat solitary; naturally uncommon.
Notes
Easily overlooked.
Key features
Small size, alpine habitat, round leaf.
