Flora of New Zealand Series

R. crassipes Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. 2, 1847, 224, t.81.

Glab. succulent herb with creeping stems rooting at the nodes. Petioles 2-10 cm. long; lamina cordate-reniform in outline, 8-25 mm. diam. or more; 3-lobed to 3-partite; segs narrow- to broad-cuneate, irregularly toothed. Peduncles stout < lvs; fls 6-9 mm. diam. Sepals 4-5, ovate, obtuse, membr.; petals 4-5, yellow, obovate-spathulate; gland 1 a little below middle. Fruiting heads globose, 7-9 mm. diam.; achenes turgid, broad-ovate in outline; style short, straight.

DIST.: M. Swampy places in lower part. Also in Fuegia, Falkland Is., South Georgia, Kerguelen, Crozet Is, Marion Id, New Amsterdam.