| Family | RANUNCULACEAE |
| Genus species | Caltha obtusa Cheeseman |
| Bibliography | Trans. & Proc. New Zealand Inst. 33: 312 (1929) |
| Native Range | New Zealand |
| Primary Biome | Subalpine |
| Habitat | grassland |
| Description | glabrous, leaves petiolate, broadly oblong to suborbiculate, crenate to dentate, emarginate, at base bilobate, flowers 2-4cm across, sepals 5, obovate |
| Size | 3-5cm |
| Color | white |
| Bloom | spring |
| Ca | |
| Type | perennial |
| Cultivation | humous, moist, but in winter drier, semi-shady site alpine house, moist, humous soil, shading in summer |
| Propagation | seed in winter, uncovered, light, germ. 3-12 months, 10-16°C division after flowering and in fall |
| Synonyms | Caltha introloba var. obtusa (Cheeseman) Ewart Psychrophila obtusa (Cheeseman) W.A.Weber |
| Territory | 5 Australasia 51 New Zealand (NZS New Zealand South) |