Flora of New Zealand Series

Fls paniculate to corymbose or solitary, perfect; calyx with 5 persistent lobes, us. alternating with 5 bractlets; stamens ∞; carpels ∞, style terminal, slender; achenes with persistent style, us. jointed towards tip. Herbs, us. sparingly branched, sts scapose only; lvs radical and cauline, or cauline lvs reduced to bracts, pinnate to lyrate-pinnate. About 60 spp., all but two of the N.Z. spp. endemic.