Potentilla anglica Laichard.

Procumbent perennial herb arising from a slender, stoloniferous stock; stolons up to 40–(80) cm long; stems brown or purplish, hairy, rooting at nodes. Lvs in persistent and open basal rosettes, and cauline; petiole 35–50–(85) mm long, sparsely hairy; blade reniform, palmate; leaflets 3–5, narrow- to broad-obovate, sessile, (5)–8–20–(35) × 3–16 mm, sparsely to moderately clothed in long, appressed hairs above and below (especially along veins on underside), serrate with (2)–3–5–(6) pairs of teeth in upper part; upper cauline lvs sometimes smaller with shorter petiole; stipules linear-lanceolate to narrow-elliptic, acute, usually entire, sometimes with 1–(2) teeth. Fls usually solitary in axils of lvs, rarely several fls together, 4–5-merous. Epicalyx segments lanceolate to narrow-elliptic, 3–6 mm long, acute, entire. Sepals ± ovate-triangular, ± = epicalyx, connate at base; segments pilose. Petals broadly obovate, 4–6–(8) mm long, pale yellow, shallowly emarginate. Style filiform. Achenes finely rugose, c. 1.5 mm long; wings 0 or very obscure.

[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]

Flowering: Nov.–May; Fruiting: Dec.–May.