| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Colobanthus wallii Petrie |
| Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 54: 569 (1923) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | leaves dense, not imbricate, shortly, distinctly vaginate, linear, 5-10mm, abruptly tapered to short tip, pedicels short, flowers to 5mm long, sepals 4, wide |
| Size | 2-3cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | late spring |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | rock crevices with favourable water regime, eastern slopes alpine house, poor, drained soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in spring, barely covered, germ. 1-3 months, 13-18°C cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Colobanthus mollis W.R.B.Oliv. |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |