Flora of New Zealand Series

Sieversia albiflora Hook. f. Fl. Antarct. 1, 1844, 9, t. 7.

Geum parviflorum Hook. f. Handbk N.Z. Fl. 1864, 55 (in part).

G. aucklandicum Greene in Pittonia 4, 1895, 225.

G. sericeum Kirk Stud. Fl. 1899, 128.

G. albiflorum (Hook. f.) Cheesem. in Subantarct. Is N.Z. 2, 1909, 403.

Achenes 2 mm. long, styles 1·5 mm. long. Plant up to 2.5 dm. tall, but us. much smaller. Lvs us. densely villous, but in larger specimens much less so; veins us. more prominent below than in the mainland form.

DIST.: Auckland Is. Grassland and rocky places.

Subalpine forms of the sp. on the mainland may be as densely villous, and with equally prominent veins, but differ in the relatively longer style.