| Family | MONTIACEAE |
| Genus species | Hectorella caespitosa Hook.f. |
| Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 27 (1864) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | leaves subulate, 5-8cm long in compact rosette, firmly crowded and forming hard surface of cushion, flowers stellate, pentamerous, sessile, to 8mm across |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, germ. 1-3 months, 13-16°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Hectorella elongata Buchanan Lyallia caespitosa (Hook.f.) Nyananyo & Heywood |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |