Nertera ciliata Kirk

Forming patches up to c. 2 dm. diam., stems glab., rather stout to slender; branches and branchlets sts with a few odd hairs. Lvs sub-membr. on ± ciliolate petioles 1-3 mm. long; stipules truncate to bluntly triangular, glab. Lamina glab. or with a very few hairs on both surfaces, broad-ovate, 3-5 × 3-5 mm., subacute to acute or occ. obtuse, ± apicuate, cuneately rounded to base; margins ciliate with flat soft jointed hairs. Fls minute, sessile; calyx truncate, ± ciliolate. Corolla glab., funnelform, c. 3-4 mm. long; lobes 4-5, linear, recurved. Anthers slightly to well-exserted; styles 2-3. Drupe orange, ± hairy, globose, c. 4 mm. diam.

Lowland to montane forests, North, South and Stewart Islands, southwards from latitude 43°s.

Can be grown by seedlings.