Class
Family
Genus
Tufted perennial; rosettes 8–10 cm tall, arising from stout fibrous rhizome. Lamina deltoid to orbicular, 20–30–(40) mm diam., ternatifid to c. 3/4 way; lobes again ternatifid or toothed, glabrous except for tufts of hairs at tips of teeth. Fls solitary, 25–30 mm diam.; scapes short, elongating to 3–5 cm long at fruiting, with fine cobwebby hairs. Sepals spreading, with fine hairs beneath. Petals 5, c. = sepals, yellow, obovate; nectaries 3, 2–3 mm from petal base, naked. Receptacle almost glabrous. Achenes numerous, not flattened, glabrous; body bulbous, 1.5–2 mm long; beak straight, tapering, c. 3 mm long.
[From: Webb et al. (1988) Flora of New Zealand. Volume 4.]