Leaves 7-fid, 2.5 by 5-15 mm, the middle segment entire, free for 0.45-0.6th of its length, 0.8-2 mm wide at the base of its free part, elliptic to obovate with nearly paralel margins, apex obtuse, slightly mucronate, lateral and marginal nerves usually absent, upper surface glabrous, the lower subglabrous to strigose on the nerves. Inflorescences 1-flowered. Peduncle in fruit 2.5-11 mm long, the pedicel then 3-7(-10) mm. Petals pink, 5.5-7.2 mm long, 1.3-1.7 times as long as the 3.5-5.5 mm long sepals. Sepals in fruit 5-6.5 mm long.
Peaty tussock-grassland on poor well-drained soil, between the tussocks of Astelia papuana, Trochocarpa decockii, with mosses and small herbs, e.g. Viola kjellbergii, Pilea cf johniana; alt. 3550-4325 m.
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