Coprosma pumila

Prostrate subshrub forming mats to c. 1 m diam., dioecious; stems weakly woody, leafy parts mostly to c. 10 cm long, much-branched at distal ends, rooting at basal nodes. Leaves ovate or elliptic, mostly 3–4 mm long and 1–1.5 mm wide, slightly concave, acute to obtuse, margins flat, upper surface glossy green, with sparsely scattered, short erect hairs, lower surface paler, glabrous; petiole c. 0.5 mm long and fused to the one opposite; stipules each a minute triangular point midway along petiolar sheath, glabrous. Flowers sessile, unisexual solitary, terminal on short branchlets; calyx 1–1.5 mm long, lobes triangular; corolla narrowly campanulate, 3–5 mm long, lobes c. 1 mm long, glabrous or with very few, very short spreading hairs; style 2-branched. Drupes not seen. Flowers Jan.–Feb.