Tupeia antarctica (G.Forst.) Cham. & Schltdl.

Shrub up to c. 1 m. diam.; branchlets opp. or subopp., pubescent; bark pale. Lvs of diverse form on same plant, on slender ± pubescent petioles ± 2-5 mm. long, alt. to subopp. Lamina (1)-3-5-(7) × 1-3-(4) cm., coriac., broadly ovate-to obovate-rhomboid to elliptic-lanceolate-oblong, obtuse to occ. subacute; margins sts sinuate to sub-crenulate. Panicles ± 2-3 cm. long, up to 15-fld; peduncles and pedicels slender, finely pubescent. Fls ± 3-5 mm. diam.; tepals 4, greenish yellow, of ♂ of ovate-oblong order, of ♀ us. rather narrower, subacute. Stigma terminal on thick style, large, globose. Ovary adnate to receptacle. Fr. ± 5-7 mm. diam., white to pink, often with darker pink spots, subglobose, viscid.

Lowland and montane forest throughout New Zealand, hemiparasitic on Neopanax spp., Coprosma spp., Carpodetus spp. and Cytisus proliferus.

Can be grown by seedlings.