| Family | FABACEAE |
| Genus species | Carmichaelia astoni G.Simpson trib. Carmichaelieae |
| Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. Roy. Soc. New Zealand 75: 276 (1945) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | branchlets rigid, sulcate, leaves on juvenile plants simple, sessile, obcordate, pilose, flowers 3-7 in loose racemes, corolla purple striate, ca 12mm long |
| Size | 20-50cm |
| Color | whitish |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | + |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed in spring after hot water treatment, germ. 3-6 months, cuttings in late summer |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |