Flora of New Zealand Series

Taprooted perennial; rootstock often multicipital; stems 0. Lvs all rosulate, glabrous or sparsely hairy on margins and veins, (0.5)-1-3 × (0.5)-1-2.5 cm, broadly ovate to deltoid, cuneate or truncate at base, obtuse, with (3)-5-10 very shallow crenations each side; stipules linear, entire or glandular-toothed, 5-(10) mm long; petiole glabrous to pilose, (1)-2-10-(25) cm long. Peduncles erect, glabrous to pilose; bracts short, linear, entire. Fls (0.5)-1-2 cm diam. Sepals lanceolate, acute, 3-5 mm long; appendages 0.5-0.8 mm long. Petals white with purple veins, > sepals, the lateral bearded; spur broad, slightly > sepal appendages. Style geniculate at base, 1.5-2 mm long; stigma subcapitate. Capsule ellipsoid, glabrous, 5-10 mm long. Seeds obovoid, dark olive-green, 1.5 mm long.

N.: from Urewera National Park, Volcanic Plateau, and Mt Egmont southwards; S.: throughout; St.; Ch.

Also indigenous to Tasmania.

Lake shores, stream banks, bogs, grasslands, limestone outcrops, scree, scrub, forest.

FL (Sep)-Oct-Feb FT (Nov)-Dec-Mar-(Apr).