Geum uniflorum Buchanan
(C.J.W., D.R.G.)
Low-growing herb up to 15-(20) cm high at flowering, arising from a ± stout, woody stock. Basal lvs up to 5-(12) cm long, glabrate to moderately pilose with a dense marginal rim of harsh usually orange-red hairs, imparipinnate; lateral leaflets in 1-2-(5) pairs, all very reduced and lowest rudimentary; terminal leaflet 10-30-(40) mm long, crenate-dentate and sometimes obscurely lobed; cauline lvs reduced to small, toothed bracts. Peduncle up to 18 cm long. Fls solitary. Petals (7)-10-15-(17) mm long, creamy white. Achenes densely pilose especially on margins.
S.: mountains of N.W. Nelson to Fiordland, generally more common W. of the Main Divide; St.
Endemic.
Herbfield, rock ledges, moist tussock grassland.
FL Nov-Feb FT Dec-Mar.
