Leaves 5-fid, 3.5-10 by 8-20 mm, the middle segment 3-lobed, rarely entire, free for 0.5-0.75th of its length, 1.2-3.2 mm wide at the base of its free part, obdeltoid to obcordate in outline, obovate when entire, middle lobule often dis tinctly shorter than the laterals, mucronulate, lateral and marginal nerves distinct, upper surface sparsely setose to subglabrous, lower setose on the nerves only. Inflorescences 1-flowered. Peduncle in fruit 9-45 mm long, pedicel then 10-71 mm. Petals vivid red purple(always?), 9-1 long, 1.7-2.1 times as long as the 5.5-7.5 mm long sepals. Sepals in fruit 7-9.5 mm long.
Sheltered hollows, in the Star Mts. generally in ashes among stumps of Cyathea, Deschampsia, Rubus lorentzianus, Plagiogyria papuana, etc.; alt. 250-3500 m.
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