| Family | VIOLACEAE |
| Genus species | Melicytus alpinus (Kirk) Garn.-Jones |
| Bibliography | New Zealand J. Bot. 25: 127 (1987) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Description | leaves 6-18mm long, oblong-obovate, thick, often crowded on nodes, corolla pendent, campanulate, to 6mm long, sometimes reddish |
| Size | 30-60cm |
| Color | yellow |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | - |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | sunny rock crevices, protection against winter wet alpine house, poor, drained soil, sun |
| Propagation | seed when ripe or in spring cuttings in late summer |
| Synonyms | Hymenanthera alpina (Kirk) W.R.B.Oliv. Hymenanthera dentata var. alpina Kirk |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |