| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Colobanthus acicularis Hook.f. |
| Bibliography | Handb. N. Zeal. Fl. 1: 25 (1864) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | rocks |
| Altitude | 1200-1600m |
| Description | branchlets thick up to 1cm, leaves densely imbricate, shiny, rigid, shortly vaginate, 5-7mm long, subulate, long apiculate, flowers to 7mm long, sepals 5, subulate, rigid |
| 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 |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZN New Zealand North, NZS New Zealand South) |