Where found:

• Subalpine tussockland, stream beds and debris slopes on Mt Taranaki/Egmont
  
• Early coloniser on slips
  

• A creeping shrub with slender branches and branchlets
  
• Narrow pointed leaves (5-10mm x 1.5-3mm)
  
• Flower stalks 3-6cm long with flowers singly, or in groups of 2-3
  
• The black berry is poisonous
  
• Similar to C. pteridoides but smaller