Plant
To 7cm, small flowered, slender with a rosette of trowel shaped leaves. Stem finely hairy with glistening beads.
Flowers
Small, 10-15mm tall., Dorsal sepal very short, blunt leaving a narrow gape; petals quite broad, noticeably curved in section and unstriped. Lateral sepals with a small flat lobe folded inward at the junction and long, erect part rounded section above ending in blunt tips. Labellum short, not protruding.
Flowering
September - October.
Habitat
Under open scrub and sedges. Northland to Nelson; local, rare.
Conservation
Scattered plants in small widely separated colonies from North Cape to Nelson. Nationally Vulnerable.
Notes
Often with P. tasmanica nearby. Closely similar to Australian plants of the P. nana group.
Key features
Small plant with a distinctive rosette, stubby flower and beady stem.
