Class
Family
Genus
Tufted perennial; rhizome stout. Stem erect, glabrous to sparsely pilose, 5–15 cm tall. Lvs reniform, ternatifid to 3/4 way, fleshy, glaucous, 3–5 cm diam., with silky hairs especially on margins and beneath; lobes ternatifid and bluntly toothed. Fls 1–3 per stem, 2–3 cm diam.; pedicels hairy. Sepals spreading, hairy. Petals 8–16, yellow, narrow-obovate; nectary single or multiple, 2–5 mm from petal base, naked, shallow. Receptacle pilose. Achenes numerous, not flattened, very narrowly winged or not winged, sparsely hairy or glabrous; body 3–4.5 mm long; beak curved, 4–5 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]