Flowers are solitary, usually less than 5 mm long

Trevor James, AgResearch / Kerry Bodmin, NIWA

Right: tepals are the same size or smaller than the capsule. In this image, Rostkovia magellanica has many leaves per shoot, floral bracts are bigger than tepals, and seeds are not tailed; found in the South Island in mountainous areas of Fiordland and Otago, and on Stewart, Auckland and Campbell Islands.