| Phyllachne
colensoi is a cushion plant that grows on the higher
western mountains. It often occurs in relatively well
drained microsites compared to the other cushion plants of
this region.
It has a distinctly yellow green colour compared to the
other cushion species with narrow, spirally arranged
leaves (Abrotanella
forsteroiodes, Donatia
novae-zelandiae and Dracophyllym
minimum). Scleranthus
spp. and Colobanthus
spp. have yellowish foliage but have opposite leaves.
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