local [1]. Distribution incompletely known [2]
on Settlement Plain and at the old hut near the Waterfall at Inaccessible [1]. Found in a garden and in grassland near the settlement and at Cave Point; but possibly overlooked elsewhere [2]. Locally occurring in Tussock grassland [3].
First collected on Inaccessible by Dickson in March 1962, around a ruined cottage at Saltbeach (according to Ryan & Glass this should be Waterfall Beach) [3].
[1] Ryan, P. (ed.) (2007). Field Guide to the Animals and Plants of Tristan da Cunha and Gough Island. Pisces Publications, Newbury. 162 pp; [2] Gremmen, N.J.M. and R.L. Halbertsma (2009). Alien plants and their impact on Tristan da Cunha. Report Data-Analyse Ecology, Diever, NL.; [3] Gremmen, N. J. M. (2010). Alien vascular plants of Inaccessible, Nightingale and Gough Islands (Tristan da Cunha Group).; [4] Maczey, N., Tanner, R., Cheesman, O., & Shaw, R. (2012). Understanding and addressing the impact of invasive non-native species in the UK Overseas Territories in the South Atlantic: A review of the potential for biocontrol. Unpublished report. CABI (ref: TR10086).