Nertera cunninghamii Hook.F.

Glab. with very slender branched stems, forming patches up to c. 2 dm. diam.; branchlets almost filiform. Lvs on filiform petioles 2-3 mm. long; stipules narrow-triangular, acute. Lamina 5-6-(8) × (1)-2-(3) mm., narrow-ovate, acute, gradually narrowed to apex and to rounded or occ. subtruncate base; margins thickened. Fls minute, axillary and terminal, sessile or subsessile. Calyx ± 2 mm. long, truncate or minutely 4-toothed. Corolla c. 1·5-2 mm. long, subcampanulate; lobes 4, ± = tube. Anthers and styles shortly exserted. Drupe globose, 3-4 mm. diam., red.

Lowland to montane damp forests, shrubland and boggy places, North and South Islands, between latitudes 35 to 44°s.

Plants can be grown from seed. They are best put in a nursery and transplanted. Plants can also be grown by division.