Habitat: bank, clay, cliff, coast, dry, gap, gravel, loam, lowland, margin, open, pasture, roadside, rock outcrop, sand, sheltered, shrubland, slope, stone, wasteland

Dispersal: Seed

Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
Distribution from the Australasian Virtual Herbarium. CC-BY 3.0 AU
 Recognition
  • a small rounded evergreen shrub up to 2 m high.
  • its leaves are simple, alternate, obovate, up to 35 mm long, silver-grey, and covered with soft, fine hairs.
  • its flowers are solitary in the leaf axils, pea-like, about 10 mm long, and are pink.
  • its pod is inflated, up to 35 mm long, and contains 7-9 hard seeds.
Weeds Key – interactive key to the weed species of New Zealand
 References
Howell, C. 2008: Consolidated list of environmental weeds in New Zealand. DOC Research & Development Series 292: 42.