Class
Family
Genus
Perennial up to 4 cm tall; rosettes tufted at tips of a stout branching rhizome which is often exposed on ground surface. Lvs 1–2-ternatifid, fleshy, softly hairy, 1.5–3 cm long. Scapes 1-flowered, hairy. Fls 1.5–2.5 cm diam. Sepals spreading, hairy. Petals 8–15, yellow, linear-obovate; nectaries 1–(3), 2–4 mm from petal base, shallow, naked. Receptacle hairy. Achenes (50)–60–80, turgid, glabrous or sparsely hairy; body c. 1 mm long; beak stout, straight, c. 1 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]
Flowering: Dec.–Apr.; Fruiting: Jan.–Apr.