Common under montane beech-podocarp forest
Several small, self-established plants growing on top / edge of old basalt quarry.
Three seedlings noted in lank grasses on margin of wetland partially hidden under a board walk. Leaves distinctly velutinous.
Local on steep slopes along river.
Frequent along track edge. Rupestral and epiphytic.
dying back. forest edge. Sylvan res
Alberon Reserve, Parnell, Auckland 1052. Two oothecae on trunks of nikau palms.
Maungawhau/Mount Eden volcanic cone, Auckland. Three live larvae, under a rotten log.
Tahaki Reserve, Mount Eden volcanic cone, Auckland. Saxicolous on a rocky outcrop. A group of four plants/patches.