 Flowers are 10–15 mm in diameter, white with yellow scales around the throat.The natural range of this subspecies is west coast of the North Island from Bethell's Beach west of Auckland to Ngarupupu Point, Waikato.It is usually found with Celmisia major, the cliff daisy, and Myosotis pymaea in limited areas on the western coast of the Waitākere Ranges, as noted by Lucy Cranwell-Smith,1982, in her chapter on the Rain forest of the Waitakeres.