Plant: usually leafless and completely buried in debris or moss as a white mass of roots in the litter, plants lack chlorophyll even in the leaf.

Flowers: translucent white, usually red flecked, with long thin petals and sepals.

Flowering: July to September.

Habitat: deep litter and debris; often with C. trilobus or C. cheesemanii. Widespread.

Conservation: can be locally common, not threatened.

Notes: Easily confused with C. cheesemanii in fruit. Best located in November or December when the leafless seed heads are above ground; marked and revisited next season.

Key features: white flower buried in the surface litter.