Flora of New Zealand Series

Perennial, forming large patches; stems slender. Lvs simple, dull green, moderately hairy above and below, (5)-10-25-(35) mm diam., divided to 1/4-⅔-(4/5) of radius into mostly 5 segments; segments broadly oblong to obovate, each again usually 3-lobed and serrate; many teeth with conspicuous hair-tips giving an irregular appearance to the flat margin; petiole densely hairy. Umbels simple, with numerous fls; peduncles much > lvs. Fls long-pedicellate. Fr. hairy, 1.5-1.8 × 1-1.5 mm, acute on dorsal edge; ribs raised, slender.

N.; S.

Endemic.

Lowland to montane forest and scrubland throughout, especially in wet areas at forest margins or clearings.

The lvs of H. elongata are usually less deeply divided and with broader segments than in H. dissecta. The long pedicels, long peduncles, the almost bristly frs, and the feathery lf margins also make H. elongata easily recognisable.