''Dracophyllum strictum'', commonly known as totorowhiti, is a species of shrub endemic to New Zealand. It was first described by

Joseph Dalton Hooker Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker (30 June 1817 – 10 December 1911) was a British botanist and explorer in the 19th century. He was a founder of geographical botany and Charles Darwin's closest friend. For twenty years he served as director of t ...

in 1844 and gets the specific epithet ''strictum'' for its rigid and packed together leaves. In the heath family ''

Ericaceae The Ericaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the heath or heather family, found most commonly in acidic and infertile growing conditions. The family is large, with c.4250 known species spread across 124 genera, making it th ...

'', it inhabits lowland up to montane forest and shrubland and reaches a height of 50–300 cm.''''

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strictum Endemic flora of New Zealand {{Ericaceae-stub