Flora of New Zealand Series

Pozoa hydrocotyloides Hook f. Handbk N.Z. Fl. 1864, 88.

Azorella hydrocotyloides Kirk Stud. Fl. 1899, 192.

Type locality: Canterbury. Type: K, Sinclair and Haast.

Glab. herb with stout branching creeping stems rooting at nodes, forming small patches. Lvs in tufts at nodes on stout ± pilose petioles up to c. 4 cm. long; stipules narrow, entire, ± ciliolate. Lamina ± 5-10-15 mm. diam., reniform-orbicular, thick, coriac., 3-5-partite to middle or deeper; sinus narrow to cordate. Lflts obovate-cuneate, crenately 3-5-lobed; margins thickened, slightly recurved. Peduncles 1-4 together, ± 1 cm. long; umbels (3)-4-10-(15)-fld. Involucral bracts linear, obtuse. Fr. tetragonous, pale brown, us. > pedicel. Mericarps 5-ribbed.

DIST.: N., S. Montane to subalpine forest margins, shrubland, grassland, herbfield and fellfield from c. lat. 40° 30' southwards, local.

FL.- FT. 12-2.