| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Colobanthus buchananii Kirk |
| Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 27: 358 (1895) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | rocks and scree |
| Altitude | 500-1800m |
| Description | leaves dense, patent, shortly vaginate, linear-subulate, 5-10mm, long apiculate, pedicels very short, flowers 5-8mm long, sepals 5, subulate, long apiculate |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| 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 |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |