Flora of New Zealand Series

Tufted perennial; rhizome stout. Stem erect, glabrous to sparsely pilose, 5-15 cm tall. Lvs reniform, ternatifid to 3/4 way, fleshy, glaucous, 3-5 cm diam., with silky hairs especially on margins and beneath; lobes ternatifid and bluntly toothed. Fls 1-3 per stem, 2-3 cm diam.; pedicels hairy. Sepals spreading, hairy. Petals 8-16, yellow, narrow-obovate; nectary single or multiple, 2-5 mm from petal base, naked, shallow. Receptacle pilose. Achenes numerous, not flattened, very narrowly winged or not winged, sparsely hairy or glabrous; body 3-4.5 mm long; beak curved, 4-5 mm long.

S.: Canterbury (Arrowsmith Range to Ben Ohau Range).

Endemic.

Rock crevices and ledges above permanent snow line, 2300-3000 m.

Fisher (1965, op. cit.) gives a fuller description and an illustration.