Dracophyllum filifolium is a native shrub which grows to 1-2 m tall with very slender upright leafy branches. It has a dark greyish brown rough bark. It leaves are 6- 16cm long and very narrow up to 1mm wide and they taper to a point. It has small white flowers on slender branches near the base of the leaf stalks.

Found at an altitude of 600 – 1400 m in subalpine scrub and fellfields in the southern half of the North Island only. It is present on Mt Egmont/Taranaki. Photographed at Otari Native Botanic Garden and Wilton’’s Bush Reserve. Wellington.