Flora of New Zealand Series

Tufted perennial, 5-12 cm tall; rootstock stout, erect. Lvs all basal, ovate-oblong to linear-oblong, 1-2-pinnate or multifid, membranous to subcoriaceous, glabrous to pilose especially on petiole and rachis, 2-12 cm long; leaflets sessile, in 2-6 opposite pairs, entire or 3-partite or pinnate; segments linear to oblong, acute. Scapes 1-flowered, erect, pilose. Fls 1-2 cm diam. Sepals spreading, with silky hairs. Petals 5-(7), yellow, linear-obovate; nectary single, 1-1.5 mm from petal base, a cylindric pocket. Receptacle glabrous. Achenes 15-30, turgid, glabrous; body 2-2.5 mm long; beak straight, c. 1 mm long.

S.: Westland, Canterbury, Fiordland, Otago, Southland; St.

Subalpine and alpine damp grassland and scrub, sometimes streamsides or bogs, 900-1500 m.

Fisher (1965, op. cit.) gives a fuller description and an illustration. R. sinclairii is included as a synonym of R. gracilipes.