| Family | CARYOPHYLLACEAE |
| Genus species | Colobanthus canaliculatus Kirk |
| Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 27: 357 (1895) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Temperate |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | leaves rigid, shortly, obscurely vaginate, 3-4mm long, subulate, sulcate, tapered to prolate apex, pedicels short, flowers 2-3mm long, sepals 5, ovate, obtuse |
| Size | 1-5cm |
| Color | |
| Bloom | summer |
| Ca | |
| Type | subshrub |
| Cultivation | mesic, slightly humous, sunny site alpine house, moist, rich, 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) |