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Perennial herb, 0.10-0.25 m high; rootstock woody. Leaves ± suborbicular in outline, finely palmatisect, setose-pilose. Flowers axillary; peduncles up to 80 mm long, articulated shortly below apex. Epicalyx of 6 or 7 linear, pilose bracts. Calyx with ovate-triangular lobes, united at base. Petals obovate, white to pale pink, purple-centred. Staminal tube 4-10 mm long; filaments up to 3 mm long. Flowering time Oct.-Apr. Fruit a subglobose capsule, pointed at apex. Seeds with white to brownish silky floss.
Perennial herb, up to 0.5 m high. Leaves with blade deeply 5-lobed, terminal lobe up to 30 mm long, finely (often 3 x) divided, hispid; petioles ± same length as central lobe of leaf. Flowers: epicalyx with > 5 segments, usually > 1/2 length of calyx; petals 30-35 mm long, white or pink with dark purple centre; Dec.-Apr. Seeds with a silky or cottony floss at maturity.
Perennial herb, up to 500 mm tall. Leaves finely (often 3 times) divided, hispid, petiole the same length as central lobe of leaf. Epicalyx usually more than half length of calyx. Flowers white or pink with dark purple.
