Flora of New Zealand Series

Perennial herb (5)-15-50 cm tall, with erect or creeping rhizome. Basal lvs few, 3-foliolate; petioles with a few appressed bristles, shallowly sulcate, 2-10-(15) cm long; leaflets divided to 1/2 way into 3 entire or 3-fid segments, sessile or shortly petiolulate, sparsely bristly above, light green above, paler beneath, cuneate at base, acute at apex, 1-3 × 1-2 cm. Subfloral lvs 3-fid, cuneate. Fls nodding, 1-1.5 cm diam., solitary; peduncle 1-10-(15) cm long, with sparse appressed bristly hairs. Perianth segments 5-(7), pinkish to reddish brown, glabrous except for minute papillae above. Achenes glabrous, in erect heads.

N.: Tararua Range; S.: throughout.

Endemic.

Higher montane to subalpine herbfield and grassland.

FL Nov-Jan-(Mar).