| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Colobanthus strictus (Cheeseman) Cheeseman |
| Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 53: 424 (1921) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland and rocks |
| Altitude | 0-700m |
| Description | glabrous, leaves numerous, densely imbricate, straight, rigid, erect, at base broadly vaginate, coriaceous, acerose, pedicels, short, sepals broadly ovate, mucronate |
| Size | 5-10cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Colobanthus muelleri var. strictus Cheeseman |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |