Locally common.Greybrown clay loamSun/shadeAspect: EastSlope: 5° - 30°Lithology: Serpentinite with asbestos veinsShrub 50 cm tall with prostrate branches on ground up to 2 m long. Bark grey, finely fissured. Leaves spreading, glaucous to light green. Flowers white, scented.
Specimen notes
Type:
Holotype of Dracophyllum ophioliticum S. Venter, N.Z.J.Bot. 40: 39-47 (2002)
Isotypes at: AK, K, NSW, P, WELT, HO, MO.