| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Carmichaelia nana (Benth.) Colenso ex Hook.f. trib. Carmichaelieae |
| Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 49 (1864) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Subtropical |
| Habitat | thickets and steppes |
| Description | in maturity leafless, branchlets glabrous, finely sulcate, leaves on juvenile plants minute, suborbiculate, emarginate, flowers 5mm long, 1-3, in pedunculate raceme |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | dark purple |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny site with a deep, drained soil alpine house, rich, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 3-6 months, cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Carmichaelia australis var. nana Benth. Carmichaelia enysii Kirk Carmichaelia enysii var. ambigua G.Simpson Carmichaelia enysii var. orbiculata (Colenso) Kirk Carmichaelia orbiculata Colenso |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |