New Zealand, South Island, Central Otago. Summit plateau of Old Man Range, SW of Alexandra
-45.3916667 169.2
45°23'30"S, 169°12'E
1610 meters
1610 m
with associated Cetraria delisei, in a tundra-like vegetation; probably often at least partly inundated, immediately at the foot of of the perpendicular rock wall of a high rock tower ("tor"), and within the area, where the dripping water from the top of the tor splashes.