Flora of New Zealand Series

Tufted perennial; rhizome stout. Stems erect, glabrous, to 60 cm tall. Lvs simple, oblong to elliptic, fleshy, coarsely crenate, glabrous, truncate or abruptly cuneate at base, 6-15 × 4-10 cm. Fls 5-15 per stem, 3-5 cm diam.; pedicels glabrous. Sepals spreading, glabrous. Petals 5-(6), yellow, cuneate-obovate, emarginate; nectary 1-(3)-lobed, basal, naked. Receptacle hairy. Achenes very numerous, not flattened, silky hairy to almost glabrous; body 2-2.5 mm long; beak straight or curving, 5-6 mm long.

S.: Arthur's Pass to Mt Cook, 1200-2000 m.

Endemic.

Subalpine and alpine rocky places usually where debris is kept wet by meltwater from snowfields, rarely among snow tussock.

Fisher (1965, op. cit.) gives details of variation, a fuller description, and illustrations.