Wahlenbergia cartilaginea

Wahlenbergia cartilaginea photographed at Lake Tennyson, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

Wahlenbergia cartilaginea has small rosettes of thick, grey to purple leaves, 0.2–0.8 × 0.2–0.6 in (6–20 × 5–15 mm). The flowers are white to light blue, diameter 0.4 in (1 cm); here shown in bud.

Wahlenbergia cartilaginea is found in the South Island of New Zealand, in the drier mountains of Marlborough and Nelson, low to high alpine areas, usually on screes.

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