[1] Carmichaelia nana is a dwarf, spreading shrub growing in a dense mat from 20 to 60 mm high and 0.5 m wide.

[3] It was raised to species level by William Colenso in 1864 in Joseph Dalton Hooker's "Handbook of New Zealand Flora".

[2][3] The species epithet, nana, is a Latin adjective meaning "diminutive" or "dwarfed".

[5] It is found from both lowland to alpine habitats in alluvial river beds, terraces, and moraines.

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