Flora of New Zealand Series

Tufted perennial, occasionally forming offset rosettes, to 5 cm tall; rhizome 0. Lvs elliptic to obovate, sometimes almost orbicular, often dark-blotched, 3-fid up to 1/2 way, glabrous, or hairy especially on petiole. Fls solitary, 8-10 mm diam.; scapes very short at flowering, elongating at fruiting, pilose except for glabrous tip. Sepals spreading, glabrous. Petals 5, yellow, oblong-obovate; nectary single, 1-1.5 mm from petal base, shallow, pocket-like. Receptacle hairy. Achenes 15-25, hardly flattened, glabrous, often purple-tipped; body 1.5-2 mm long; beak curved, 0.3 mm long.

S.: Canterbury (Ben Ohau Range, Liebig Range, Hunters Hills), Otago.

Endemic.

Montane to alpine bogs and flushes.